{"id":6931,"date":"2022-09-05T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/05\/my-online-chess-addiction-was-ruining-my-life-something-had-to-change-stuart-kenny\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T11:38:09","slug":"my-online-chess-addiction-was-ruining-my-life-something-had-to-change-stuart-kenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/05\/my-online-chess-addiction-was-ruining-my-life-something-had-to-change-stuart-kenny\/","title":{"rendered":"My online chess addiction was ruining my life. Something had to change | Stuart Kenny"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn\u2019t like the person it was making me, but a few strategic moves later, the calm and mystique of the game returned<\/p>\n

Perhaps it was when I missed my bus stop so I could finish a three-minute game of online blitz chess that I realised I had a problem. Or when, instead of getting off at the next stop, I started another game on chess.com<\/a>. I certainly had no qualms about the resulting half-hour walk home, narrowly avoiding lamp-posts as I continued to line up ill-fated pre-moves against anonymous opponents.<\/p>\n

Blunder. Resign. New game. <\/p>\n

Stuart Kenny is a freelance travel journalist and editor<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nI didn\u2019t like the person it was making me, but a few strategic moves later, the calm and mystique of the game returned
\nPerhaps it was when I missed my bus stop so I could finish a three-minute game of online blitz chess that I realised I had a problem. Or when, instead of getting off at the next stop, I started another game on chess.com. I certainly had no qualms about the resulting half-hour walk home, narrowly avoiding lamp-posts as I continued to line up ill-fated pre-moves against anonymous opponents.
\nBlunder. Resign. New game.
\nStuart Kenny is a freelance travel journalist and editor Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn\u2019t like the person it was making me, but a few strategic moves later, the calm and mystique of the game returned Perhaps it was when I missed my bus stop so I could finish a three-minute game of online blitz chess that I realised I had a problem. Or when, instead of getting …<\/p>\n

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