Chess Reality?

Hi guys!

Have you ever sat down and asked yourself why you keep playing and studying this Royal game? This game which haunts during your wakeful hours of living? Not to mention those dreamland dreams of opening wrinkles and tactical breakthroughs?

I found an article on the net which gives us a hint of how chess can give us that ecstatic feeling when we beat someone over the board but that frustrating feeling when we lose. Check this: My Life as a Chess Pygmy

Something to ponder on.