I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened.
Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!
Chess is life.
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.
I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.