Is Chess Fun, Frustrating, or Futile?

Which chess study activities are fun? What chess advice frustrates low ELO players? What seems futile and more suitable for masters?

Learning – Getting Into Chess – Medium

At what point does chess not become fun anymore? - Quora

How To Learn Chess As An Adult (or, how I went from 300 to 1500 ELO in 9 months) — Alex Crompton

The Winning Academy 2: The Art of Exchanging Heavy Pieces

Is Chess Really a Good Game? - Wooden Earth

Stalemate, Zugzwang and a long Middle Game

Kids just want to have fun playing chess: parenting advice from Care and Feeding.

Why is chess fun? Why is it so difficult and confusing? - Quora

In “X-Men” (2000), the ways that Xavier and Magneto play chess at the end of the film mirrors their overall strategies. Magneto (clear pieces) is willing to sacrifice his pawns for the