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Here are six reasons why chess players make great partners. If you're thinking long-term, why not start by dating a chess lover this Valentine's Day.
Here are six reasons why chess players make great partners. If you're thinking long-term, why not start by dating a chess lover this Valentine's Day.
1 - No need to remember anything: You don't have to remember birthdays, anniversaries, first-meeting, etc. Chess players are okay if you wish them happy chess any day, every day. Most chess players forget stuff themselves so they are okay with other mortals forgetting everything.
2 - Low Maintenance: Chess players are extremely low-maintenance when it comes to gifts. You can keep gifting them a chess set again and again and they won't complain. No need to waste time looking up online stores with hundreds of categories. Simply head to the best chess store, pick the first chess set and you're done. Of course browsing around and picking up other chess gifts are a bonus.
3 - Great babysitters: Collect the entire neighbourhood kids and you will have a chess class going in no time. The always have a victory to share for all the 123 moves or a draw to explain. Good for the kids as well.
4 - They never get bored if you keep them waiting: That's a super plus with a chess player partner. Arrive for your date three hours later and you will find them all busy with a chess tactic in the unlikeliest of places.
5 - Chess players are extremely let live variety: If you do end up living with or marrying a chess player they will never get in your way. There will always be times when they are off to a tournament or busy studying. They don't need much space and are extremely adjusting if you want to be out all day with your friends' gang.
6 - Chess players are usually very punctual as they have been trained with the zero tolerance rule and truly understand the value of time quite unlike other folks out there.
Don't forget to check 12th Women's World Chess Champion Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk's twitter and instagram streams. Happy Chess Valentine everyone :)
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal chess blog
at www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel
Don't forget to check 12th Women's World Chess Champion Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk's twitter and instagram streams. Happy Chess Valentine everyone :)
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal chess blog
at www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel
Hey it's not that easy chess players are really tough to date they are usually distracted from mundane romance
ReplyDeleteYou guys really think so? I think chess players are tough to date. As a chess player I always get into trouble with my gf. She hates when I go for tournaments and am gone for days. She gets insecure :)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. The only problem is that a chess player's value as a partner can only be truly understood by another chess player like a doctor would appreciate and understand better a fellow doctor as a partner.
ReplyDeleteVery biased post don't put chess players on a pedestal
ReplyDeleteDon't try to make a chess player's negatives look like positives - NO DATING CHESS PLAYERS
ReplyDeleteFantastic. Very well written that is exactly what I have been trying to tell my girlfriend. I think chess players are a very decent lot. They don't spend time in idle gossip either and you always know that a chess player will remain "committed" to his move. :)
ReplyDeletethe modern generation of chess is very social and very cool. Alexandra Kosteniuk Magnus Carlsen Levon Aronian Peter Svidler to name a few of my favourites Kramnik Judit Polgar Nakamura all very sociable and intelligent people with families and a range of activities in their portfolios. Dating a chess player means you are dating someone special and intellectual these days unless of course if the person by himself is not a nice person. Like all professions chess has its share of terrible people. Overall it's fun to date a chess player. Trust them to have a completely new outlook on things.
ReplyDeleteHas this post been written by a chess guy trying to convince girls into dating him? If it applies to girls as well how do I find a chess playing girl to date me... say someone like Alexandra. :( All hooked already. Where are the girls? sob
ReplyDeleteChess players don't know what love is
ReplyDeleteAnand Alexandra Aronian Kramnik Svidler Gelfand and so many others - all examples of fantastic people in their personal lives as wel I go with chess players as great life partners - I have one ;)l
ReplyDeleteVery right. All this irrelevant dates of useless time waste birthdays etc. I am always on time for all my appointments. I am also very happy in my alone time thanks to chess and don't need to pester my husband for spending time with me. Chess has brought me closer to him. Aye for all you girls out there who play chess - WE ARE SPECIAL
ReplyDeleteAll this fits for men playing chess but women playing chess - NO - Six Reasons NoT to Date a woman chess player 1) Will analyse everything about you and every word you say and will usually be correct 2) will sit two feet from all sorts of guys (her opponents) for hours in tournaments unnecessary causing heartburn to you even if she is the loyal variety 3) Will always remember every single time you hurt her even if it was 20 years back 4) only reads books and watches movies that require great mental strength so you are never really going to entertain yourself on a date 5) has friends all over the world and knows way too much about how the world functions as compared to other girls 6) majority of mating combinations are tried on the chessboard rather than in the bed -- Trust me guys
ReplyDeleteLos jugadores de ajedrez son mejores parejas románticas :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
ReplyDeleteI go for a chess player any day
ReplyDeleteThe readers of Chess Blog here are chess players right? Point Made!
ReplyDeleteшахматисты, шахматисты, шахматисты, только шахматисты,
ReplyDeleteSigh - looking for a chess babe to date - none available.
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