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"Professional chess requires a level of peak mental alertness that most of us achieve only in the throes of searing tooth pain." Whether this is true or not I
by thret 12y ago
"Professional chess requires a level of peak mental alertness that most of us achieve only in the throes of searing tooth pain."
Whether this is true or not I cannot say, but it is a great line.
- gk1 12y agoI've played competitive chess for a short while, and the level of concentration involved leaves you absolutely exhausted at the end. Imagine computing hundreds of scenarios, each of them up to a dozen levels deep, for four hours straight. In other words, you have to get in the flow state and stay there for a very long time.