Comments on: Why blog?

By: LaskoVortex

LaskoVortex — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:33:27 +0000

1. Chess prevents Alzheimer’s and improves the quality of life in old age. It also makes you smarter so you are more effecient at work and making money, thus freeing time for chess.
2. Blogs and comments about blogs and comments about those comments build the body of chess culture–and culture will be what’s left when we all die of non-Alzheimer’s related cuases.

By: Chess 4 life

Chess 4 life — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:37:44 +0000

His post dismissing chess as a ’silly game’ is pathetic at best. It reminds me of that moment in the Simpsons when Homer tells Bart to give up things that he is not instantly good at and put his guitar in his closet with his karate uniform, etc.

Very very sad.

By: Michael Goeller

Michael Goeller — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:00:45 +0000

I was led to your post by the BCC Weblog. This is a thoughtful response to a question that likely haunts all bloggers from time to time: why do it? I think, finally, the feeling of belonging to a virtual community or even “family” (”gens una sumus” after all) is at the heart of it. Certainly the Knights Errant feel a sense of membership that rewards them, for example. In the end, though, it’s hard to say if chess blogging can actually improve your game. My own feeling is that the blogging becomes an end in itself that distracts from the real work of improvement (which is training and play), as you also suggest. But in the end, chess blogging becomes its own goal and success at the game seems less important than being involved. Witness the many bloggers who dwell on their mistakes: it seems less to help themselves improve than to garner support and community involvement.

Thanks for the inspiration. I may take up the question myself at greater length.

By: SonOfPearl

SonOfPearl — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:55:56 +0000

Good post. I have similar thoughts on the subject myself and recently cut back on the number of chess blogs that I subscribe to – I’m down to 15! However, now I’ve discovered your blog, so it’s gone up to 16.

By: Boylston Chess Club Weblog: Stream of Blogiousness

Boylston Chess Club Weblog: Stream of Blogiousness — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:50:45 +0000

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By: Sciurus

Sciurus — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:00:16 +0000

Hi Steve,
Same thing here – I write mostly to keep my thoughts organized. But the online-chess/blog community also is a big motivation factor to me, because I play almost exclusively online and therefore almost never really meet other chess players.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:55:17 +0000

OK, I just did 20 CT-ART problems.