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So how you do concentrate on things that are not chess and games which you find boring?
Neil Gaiman said that when he doesn't feel like writing, he gives himself two choices, either sit there and do nothing, or write. Then, he'll sit there, and after a few minutes, the boredom of doing nothing gets very strong, and he'll be motivated to write.
[1] http://pl.atyp.us/wordpress/index.php/2002/05/what-chess-has...
We nerd types have made this mistake for the last 75 years or so. This mystique about chess has been completely misplaced in my humble opinion. At first the claim was that Smart people played chess, therefore if you made a computer that played chess well it would be Smart. That turned out to be hilariously untrue, but durable: nerds were finally relieved of their arrogance after about 5 decades only when it became cl…
Here, also, we are talking about the minimum. Sure, you can do gardening and think deeply about something, or you can feel very tired and the years just flow by.
In chess, if you play a bit, you need patience, you need to imagine next possible moves, you need to manage your time and perhaps also your emotions.
It is this minimum (or perceived minimum) that makes the difference. Not the expected and not the max as in other stories we tell ourselves.
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So how you do concentrate on things that are not chess and games which you find boring?
Neil Gaiman said that when he doesn't feel like writing, he gives himself two choices, either sit there and do nothing, or write. Then, he'll sit there, and after a few minutes, the boredom of doing nothing gets very strong, and he'll be motivated to write.
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I understand your point. It's a very addictive game. But I feel that the point of the author is that it's a game that requires skills that are useful in life. I kind of agree. Also it's easier to concentrate on something fun, challenging and in the case of blitz or bullet, fast and intense.
But what's the difference between Chess and if they stopped updating League of Legends? Even as an esports fan I find odd how much value people place on a game.
We nerd types have made this mistake for the last 75 years or so. This mystique about chess has been completely misplaced in my humble opinion. At first the claim was that Smart people played chess, therefore if you made a computer that played chess well it would be Smart. That turned out to be hilariously untrue, but durable: nerds were finally relieved of their arrogance after about 5 decades only when it became cl…
We nerd types have made this mistake for the last 75 years or so. This mystique about chess has been completely misplaced in my humble opinion. At first the claim was that Smart people played chess, therefore if you made a computer that played chess well it would be Smart. That turned out to be hilariously untrue, but durable: nerds were finally relieved of their arrogance after about 5 decades only when it became cl…
75 years? It's had a mystique for over 1000 years (going back to the Islamic golden age).