if you play chess are you a loser?

Question

I am 14 year old and i play chess. i am cool and have a lot of friends(i think).

Answer 1

No!! Its a good way to exercise your mind. You work your memory, imagination, among others. Plus whenever I tell woman I play chess they dig it! Its a cool way to spend time with them. But at your age some kids who can not play the game will hate on you! Which is too bad. In most countries the game is more popular than video games.

Answer 2

No, you're not a loser for playing chess. You can only be a loser if you believe what others say about you.

Chess is a difficult game to master. In chess tournament competition, it is very much martial arts for the mind. That's a level of coolness that some will admire you for, others will test you about, because they secretly envy your toughness.

When I was in high school, there was a good player from another school. He was so good at chess that his HS team won matches, and he won individual honors. The school gave him a real "letter jacket", complete with a chess king icon sewn on. Some laughed at him: "A LETTER for chess?!" But others admired him because he brought pride to his school. Others might make fun of him, but he had a good sense of humor, and laughed it off. He grew up to be a husband, a father, and successful in his job.

As a man grows, he learns that he can either follow the beat of the drummer, or he can earn rank and lead the drummer. True friends respect your differences and choices, so long as your choices are honorable. I have plenty of friends, AND I play chess. You're learning the lesson that success in life often means balancing all the people in your life, yet keeping an eye firmly on your dreams. In the end, we must please ourselves, and be responsible around those people whom we're committed to, and have fun doing it.

True story: Last summer, I played in a large, all-ages tournament. I was in the middle section, and I noticed a teenaged girl in the next stronger section up. People would watch her game, because it's fascinating to watch a child CRUSHING an adult at the chessboard. Win, she did, sometimes, and she was always polite about it. She always had a joystick nearby; sometimes she handled it during the game. You see, the joystick runs her motorized wheelchair: she's paraplegic. She didn't let her physical condition get in the way of being a WINNER. We, who don't really know her well, admire her. Cool, huh?

Answer 3

Unlike, many of the above replies,
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN HONEST ANSWER.

In high school, I didn't play chess because I thought it
would hinder me socially. I was right. You see, it turns out
that I actually have some talent for the game. When my
interest got renewed in college, I soon realized that
I was capabale of being a tournament player.
Although I have friends and drink like a fish on weekends,
chess has become my passion and is very time-consuming.

MOST GREAT CHESSPLAYERS ARE ECCENTRIC,
to say the least. The stress it puts on the mind and body
increases proportionally with he strength of the players
and his/her competition.

Examples: Kasparov (sore loser; sexist, in the sense that
he once claimed that women could not become as strong
as men in chess), Fischer (anti-semite, paranoidm recluse),
Korchnoi (sexist, sore loser), Tal (alcoholic, chain smoker),
Wojo(alcoholic, smoker, former pimp).

Chess, like any other hobby, will make you a loser if
you become addicted to it. Ignorant non-chessplayers
who look upon it as being geeky, are in actuality stereotyping
and obsessive attitude towards the game. Many
successful people in our society, use chess to give them
an air of sophistication.

My advice? Play in moderation. If you want to be good,
then periodically take breaks from the game. Gata
Kamsy, a former world championship contender, took a
break to become a doctor. Josh Waitzkin, the subject
of "Searchign for Bobby Fischer," took a break to
compete in martial arts and go to school.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Chess is a thinking game. A game where your plan is put into motion by pieces moving at your command. You follow a plan and you shift it when you must in order to win the ultimate prize. Victory.
Chess teaches you important lessons. If you and someone are trying to get something then you will formulate a plan to get it. Your mindset will help you do that.
To aid your plan you can remeber all parts of the pieces. How they move and work. If your opponent uses one of his/her minions to make an agressive move, non chess players will say things like "Oh no i forgot about that person"
But ches players always remember the pieces in a game. And what weight they have.
So chess if a way to make the mind more powerful. To be the best.

Answer 5

R u kiddin me?? i think playin chess is cool, since ur learning the art of war and hence ull have a very quick witted and powerful mind. Im a chess player myself, have an account on the icc (Internet Chess Club).

Answer 6

chess teaches you to think ahead and use your noggin. its not an easy game to master . if you have folks teasing you about chess challenge them to beat you when I was a kid I could checkmate an opponent in 3 or 4 moves .I have not played in years but I do have a nice chess set collecting dust in my den
no, it just means you like mental simulation. if chess consumed your time and you have no friends and are affaird of people then that would but u said u have friends so you seem fine to me. if you did play chess alllll the time just find other people that share that interest.

Answer 7

Only in America does this question not sound strange. Everywhere else in the world playing chess is COOL. Even in America I guess it's good as long as you also have a life.

Answer 8

Chess teaches you to use your brain. A lot of the world's most intelligent people enjoy playing chess.

Answer 9

If you win a game of chess, you can be described as a winner.

If you lose a game of chess, you could be called a loser, but don't forget that you may win next time.

Answer 10

Only if your opponent beats you, in which case you're only the loser of that game.

Seriously, chess is great for developing your mind, especially your strategic thinking skills. It helps you learn how to plan ahead, as the best players are able to look several moves into the future and anticipate what their opponent is likely to do.

I guess it depends on your priorities. Which is more important to you, your mind or your popularity?