Do you think couples should play chess together or do you think the competition can cause problems?
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Do you play chess with your parents or children? Can you manage conflict if you or they are better at the game?
I guess it depends on the couple. Some people, when they lose, it hurts their ego to such a degree that it affects their relationship with their opponent, but I think most people who have a comfortable relationship aren't bothered much by losing. My husband knows how to play but he isn't into chess as much as I am. If he started playing to improve, he'd probably pass me in a year or less! He just has other interests right now. The last time I played him was maybe 15-20 years ago, before I started spending more time at it. It was a close battle down to the very end, maybe about 1.5 hrs, and the only reason I beat him was because we went past lunchtime and he was super-hungry! At least, that is our understanding of the situation :)
I haven't ever played chess with my parents but I've played with my kids. I used to beat them all the time but now they occasionally beat me. None of us really had any serious conflict issues. We've always played a lot of different board games with each other so everyone was used to losing at various times. Nowadays, to me it's somewhat embarrassing to lose to my kids because I actually spend more time at chess than they do.
All of my family members are afraid to play against me.
A few years back, one of my brothers decided to play me and I checkmated him around move 12 and that was the end of that.
It would be nice if they played. Ah well.
I don't have chess gf...my family and relatives choose to play video or mobile phones and they r no tournament in my places for 4 years...chess is dead in my place
I play chess with my children but they are way too young to beat me.
I could beat my father by the time I was 10 - he always found that hilarious.
My wife is so disinterested in chess despite being a mathematician that she doesn't even know the basic moves.
Overall I think in most families it isn't a big deal either way. But interestingly I have a couple of friends who are ultra competitive when it comes to chess and I never really understood it.
I don't play chess with my family anymore, I am too strong for them!
I learned chess by watching.
I learned to stay away from marriage by watching too.
Im very single, thank you very much.
Playing Chess with relatives would be good but amazingly I'm the only one who plays. :).
My girlfriend doesn't know how the pieces move. Sometimes she notices I play chess and she yells "the horse, the horse!" meaning I change to only using Knights and thus ofen loose the game. It's a sacred tradition.
Some kids in my family play chess, but they're not good enough so we can really play. I offer to let them start with 3 moves or something to even it out, but they want to play it normally.
Not regularly I guess, but she knows the rules :)
