One additional thing to consider is that you win by having a better life. You can win at chess, with a great investment of time, but what is the opportunity cos

One additional thing to consider is that you win by having a better life. You can win at chess, with a great investment of time, but what is the opportunity cost of that investment of being good at chess? If you are a god of chess, but the person you beat can go home and make their kid smile, bang a beautiful woman who loves them, and wake up the next day to work a satisfying job where they are improving the state of humanity, who really won?