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Chess Equals No Personality

Chess Equals No Personality

I've heard that people who usually play Chess very regularly have little to no personality.

Personality Equals Chess

I like Chess but am not very good at it and don't play regularly. I have a great personality so maybe you're right, Gossip. I understand Chess is quite an intellectual game, so I hope that when all the brainy types read your post, Gossip, your wit can keep up with your tongue.

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Maybe they lack in personality, while playing a game of chess?

Just trying to stick up for my chess-loving friends, here!

Personality Equals Chess

I am definitely not into chess. I suppose it is the ADHD inside of me! *laughs* I find it hard to have to wait for the opponent to move, not to mention it is really hard to remember all the moves of each piece.

Personality Equals Chess

I suppose some chess players use this time to think of their next move. Personally, I use it to do the dishes.

I think this comes easily to me because I learned chess at such a young age. In fact, I don't remember when I learned chess, at least the basics, so I must have been pretty young.

Chess Equals No Personality

As a person that has played in a number places with various people from all walks of life I can tell you:

1. A good player tends to be weird. Yes, not your best terminology, but they are usually a very quiet, very nerdy or a very strange person. I suppose very quiet is not unusual, but sometimes you talk to them and it is like they are in another galaxy (and we are not talking about during game play).

2. An average player tends to be an all round kind of person

3. A person that never quite gets the game seems to be for fun, social bug, happy go lucky kind of person.

Yes, yes, these all seem stereotypical, but I am talking from experience. What has been my experience? I played for schools in my country and USA, played online and in person.

Offtopic but, For those of you who are unaware, there is a Computer Chess game within the Forum, it is a good test to see how good you are... the thread for that is here.

Chess Equals Personality

The stereotype is clear, chess nerds unite!

But seriously, many of the players I have met totally break the nerdy mold;
Soccer fans, Martial Artists, Young Politicians and Mental Health Nurses!
All have been formidable players.

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I am just your average player of chess so I guess I do still have a personality or I am just delusional and think I have a personality.