tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post6675223596460918196..comments2024-01-29T13:41:11.764-05:00Comments on Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: AddictedBlunderPronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-2546566980936522062007-05-19T10:07:00.000-05:002007-05-19T10:07:00.000-05:00on a serious note: i cannot play chess daily, week...on a serious note: i cannot play chess daily, weekly, or even monthly. i tend to ONLY train for MONTHS then (of course, in a very serious way, but with diminished stress in a way), when i thirst for battle, i play every single<BR/>day for one to two months (and get a great mind workout, but in the end exhausting, and notice my brain chemistry modified. <BR/><BR/>im not kidding, chess affects our brain chemistry--as in the Braveman Accessment, of the four major neurotransmitters found in synaptic vesicles: dopamine, acetylcholine, GABA, and serotoin.<BR/><BR/>sometimes, as you suggest, we cannot stop and play twenty or thirty games in a night. i come in to work the next day and describe "IT" to my of course non-chess pals, and they dont get it.<BR/><BR/>i like intermitent chess, as real chess is just too intense for daily fare, for me at least--one mans opinion.transformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834788878068428887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-31067746299072927572007-05-17T08:13:00.000-05:002007-05-17T08:13:00.000-05:00you are not alone...i binge on internet chess and ...you are not alone...i binge on internet chess and have to hide it. sometimes, my wife will be telling me not to play internet chess, and i lie to her and say i'm looking at porn, but she knows me too well and doesn't beleive me...we all have our demons...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-88682460162988025492007-05-16T14:05:00.000-05:002007-05-16T14:05:00.000-05:00I think it's good to let out your inner scholastic...I think it's good to let out your inner scholastic player once in a while -- or way too often. Sometimes a few time scramble blitz games are just what I need to remind me why I love playing chess. In a way it soothes the brain as a distraction from intense study.Loomishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256742331773514858noreply@blogger.com