Surely that's the challenge, of learning the 'truth' keep playing xxx
The one wasting time was your friend. Perhaps he like annoying people with his engine. But then he consider other peoples life more interesting than his own. Feel sad for him.
You can perhaps learn what mistakes you made in the openings in those games and avoid these in the future.
The thing is why will a lifeless engine want to beat you lol you are never going to play engines (at least not in OTB). An engine is actually a tool to learn chess (But only if you use it in a correct way!). So tell your friend, that engines have been invented to make things such as analysis and training easier and not for beating a human chess player. That's just not the point. Different AI's can beat humans in anything, so if that is the case you shouldn't do any fun activity. Like for example you shouldn't learn math when there is already a calculator; this statement is nonsense as well. And last but not least engines have been developed by humans themselves, so I don't see the point of your friend.
And I'd suggest you to find better friends lol
for whatever reason cheating remains as dishonest an act as stealing, your friend must not be nice
I have only read the initial comment, not the following conversation (just to make it clear).
What's the point of anything, really?
It's a game, a hobby. If you don't see a point in it, don't invest time in it. Invest your time instead in something that matters to you.
In some way, your friend isn't really wrong in what he tells you. If you are investing your time in chess instead of building yourself a happy life, his lesson can be valuable, reminding you that chess is just something you enjoy and that this is the only real value of it. You could rephrase his sentence as "Don't waste your life on chess.", or more clearly: "Don't waste your life".
And he is right, chess isn't worth it to waste your life on it. Play and study chess for what it can bring you, but don't forget to build yourself a happy present and future life.
Now, did your friend really mean all of this? I don't know him so I don't know, maybe he just threw in a cynical line to dismiss the fact that cheating is not nice. But if you can take something constructive out of it just take it.
In the end, just be happy. And if chess brings you some joy, spend some time on it. If too much chess brings you less joy, play less chess. So simple :)
Chess is a hobby like anything else. You study to improve your cognitive abilities. You play chess for the same reasons others lift weights without planning to be a body builder, or play sports without expecting to become a pro athlete. SELF IMPROVEMENT is the key note here. It sounds like your friend needs you to mentor them on why it's important.
A more important question to ask him or her is why they felt the need to be little you about something you enjoy.
I would also like to point out, your friend's lazy attempt at an explanation. If you wanted to play a computer at chess, he/she is irrelevant for that.
Yes ur friend eat steroids. What's the meaning achieve all victory if no one care about u?
Nah folks... his friend is right. It's over, we can't top that.
Everybody. Show's over. Let's all go home
People who cheat never learn the most important life lessons. The road to success in life is always paved with losses. It is no coincidence that all of the World's great empires were born out of weak defeated nations. If you are enjoying your chess then you have mastered the ability to cope with failures. That puts your personality and future prospects way ahead of your friend's.
What make chess stand out above other games are the sort of people who play it. Being a chess player at any level, will make you some great friends. It will help get you jobs. It has helped me get into better accommodation. Once I was in a hospital bed at the far end of a ward. A lovely candy striper entered the room. She quickly glanced around, noticed the chess set by me and then went straight to me ignoring all of the other patients. She did not even know how to play. The times we spent together are a memory that will never fade.
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