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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
It is kind of embarrassing how bad I am compared to how much chess I play.
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I identify with this entirely, and....
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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
If it helps, the above describes how I feel to a T. I play online all the time, my kids are both in lessons (which I listen in on and pretend I already know what they’re learning… I do not…) I do a chessable course at night and I read chess books, and the result of that is…. I’m slightly better than I was a year ago. And I mean slightly.
It’s a hard and humbling game. And for some reason, I can’t just go “yeah, this is too hard, I quit”, as much as that would probably be psychologically healthier on some level.
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I think my record against IFF is roughly 5-110 at this point!
I just like playing, and maybe one day I'll figure things out a little more and stop making so many dumb mistakes!