>What I discovered about chess is that it is largely pattern recognition that makes people good at chess, which is visual thinking. I don't know why, but when

>What I discovered about chess is that it is largely pattern recognition that makes people good at chess, which is visual thinking. I don't know why, but when I realized this it was a bit of a turn off for me. I still play chess, but the idea of climbing ranks became less appealing because it's simply a matter of volume of games: You play more games, you recognize more patterns, you climb. So now I'm content with my rank, because it's the rank I'm supposed to be with the volume of games I play.