Maybe it was the day I purposely missed my bus stop so I could finish a three-minute online blitz that I realized I had a problem. Or maybe the day when, instead of getting off at the next stop, I started a new game on Chess.com. It didn’t bother me in the least to walk home an extra half hour, dodging streetlights at the last moment while continuing to string together unfortunate pre-recorded hits against anonymous opponents. I make a mistake, I abandon the game and I start a new one.
I was addicted to online chess.
I really started playing chess in 2019, having only played it as a child until then. I loved the thought and creativity it took…, and, of course, the fact that people (mistakenly) think you’re smart if you play it. The problem was that I had no one to face. Until a friend introduced me to online games.
I started playing on a regular basis – very regularly – and savored every moment. I was planning to join a local chess club, but the lockdown arrived and I immersed myself body and soul in online games.
Learning from my defeats, I assimilated the fundamentals – exploiting the full potential of his pieces, the knights before the bishops, holding his center. The Ladies Gameon Netflix, attracted millions of new players to these apps, and I was happy to beat them with my forks [une tactique consistant à menacer deux pièces ou plus par une seule attaque]from attacks to discovery [menace indirecte masquée par une pièce tierce] and sacrifices[givingapawnorpiecetotheopponent[lefaitdedonnerunpionouunepièceàl’advers
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