How To Learn Chess As An Adult (or, how I went from 300 to 1500 ELO in 9 months)

Re:How To Learn Chess As An Adult (or, how I went from 300 t... by nicky0 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:42AM (#38694829)

Because learning and improving is part of the pleasure of chess. It's a game you can enjoy to play, but also enjoy to study. As you improve, there's a tangible sense of progression which is rewarding. And the scope for progression goes very very deep.

Not all other games have this feature. If I play Catan with my friends, it's fun, but then the game is over. I'm not going to analyse my game and discover new tactics or strategies, like I will with chess.

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Re:How To Learn Chess As An Adult (or, how I went from 300 t... by mathgeek on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @10:18AM (#38696628)

> Because learning and improving is part of the pleasure of chess.

Important to remember this is not a universal truth for all people.

> If I play Catan with my friends, it’s fun…

Interestingly, you and I seem to be opposites here. I only play chess for fun and never care if I improve, but spent thousands of hours in my college years analyzing and improving at Catan. I wonder if this is simply a matter of whether one prefers deterministic or stochastic games for optimization.

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