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Which is more aggravating & why?

Posted By: Matt Cohn-Geier
Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2008, at 5:46 p.m.

In Response To: Which is more aggravating & why? (David Rockwell)

If I were going to try to improve at chess again, I would spend every day trying to be the best chess player that I could be. Master, IM, GM, world champion, whatever. I wouldn't spend a second doubting myself and I do not feel that I am wallowing in self pity. Not at all.

If you think that you are going to lead the LA Lakers to victory and you are 40 years old, 5'4", and weigh 100 pounds, you may need a reality check. That doesn't mean you can't play basketball or improve tremendously at basketball. But if you would like to accept my wager than maybe I can retire early ;)

Again, I am backwards rationalizing here. I don't really know why I find chess more frustrating than backgammon, but I know that I do. My guess is because a chess loss is something you have spent a long time preparing for and have no one to blame but yourself, whereas with a backgammon loss you could have played your best game and still lose; it's just up to the dice gods.

No one to this point seems much interested in the advantages chess has over backgammon. It's a beautiful and fantastically deep game.

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