Comments on: The magic is gone http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/06/the-magic-is-gone/ Just another chess blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:18:26 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Baba Yaga http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/06/the-magic-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2235 Baba Yaga Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:42:06 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/the-magic-is-gone/#comment-2235 In Malaysia, Chess generally florishes during the lifetime of a school student, beginning somewhere around secondary school and finishing shortly after graduation from college/university. Once you start entering the work force, you generally find your appetite for the game diminishing. Soon you lose to players whom you regularly beat and the quality of your game becomes forgettable. The key point is to ensure those years are memorable. I was a secondary school kid in PJ during the Jimmy and Christi era. The 'juniors' we looked up to then were the likes of Gregory Vijayendran, Ng Ek Leong etc. They were legends which I aspired to be but never quite reached there. Getting your name in Friday's Malay Mail's column for finishing top ten in some allegro was a real high. I had 10 good years (1984 to 1994) from my first to last tournament. I hope you have the same too. In Malaysia, Chess generally florishes during the lifetime of a school student, beginning somewhere around secondary school and finishing shortly after graduation from college/university. Once you start entering the work force, you generally find your appetite for the game diminishing. Soon you lose to players whom you regularly beat and the quality of your game becomes forgettable. The key point is to ensure those years are memorable.

I was a secondary school kid in PJ during the Jimmy and Christi era. The ‘juniors’ we looked up to then were the likes of Gregory Vijayendran, Ng Ek Leong etc. They were legends which I aspired to be but never quite reached there. Getting your name in Friday’s Malay Mail’s column for finishing top ten in some allegro was a real high.

I had 10 good years (1984 to 1994) from my first to last tournament. I hope you have the same too.

]]> By: Remis Aman http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/06/the-magic-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2081 Remis Aman Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:48:09 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/the-magic-is-gone/#comment-2081 Still got no chance to play in any simul after all this years.... Yes, the hero magic is gone since Karpov-Kasparov era...today generation are impatient nowadays even for any reality TV results...& for most youngsters, chess is zzzZ for them if compared to Manga Cosplay Chess & why old superheroes movies like the Dark Night, Spidey, Smallville still sells after many years!?? We don't have yet the So's, Carlsens, etc. Maybe our 1st local GM is the Chosen One for the Quantum leap in chess popularity?? Still got no chance to play in any simul after all this years….
Yes, the hero magic is gone since Karpov-Kasparov era…today generation are impatient nowadays even for any reality TV results…& for most youngsters, chess is zzzZ for them if compared to Manga Cosplay Chess & why old superheroes movies like the Dark Night, Spidey, Smallville still sells after many years!?? We don’t have yet the So’s, Carlsens, etc. Maybe our 1st local GM is the Chosen One for the Quantum leap in chess popularity??

]]> By: hairulov http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/06/the-magic-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 hairulov Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:53:54 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/the-magic-is-gone/#comment-2071 Andrew, i experience the same scenario as you but for today generation ( sounds like i'm, too old :) ) there probably have different experience...the local newspaper chess column hardly exist( except Quah Seng Sun - The Star) but internet save the day by providing chess related news, stories, games, analysis...etc . So Andrew probably people (blogger) like us and others that have more or less provide the missing thing that local chess fan have experience before !? Andrew, i experience the same scenario as you but for today generation ( sounds like i’m, too old :) ) there probably have different experience…the local newspaper chess column hardly exist( except Quah Seng Sun – The Star) but internet save the day by providing chess related news, stories, games, analysis…etc .

So Andrew probably people (blogger) like us and others that have more or less provide the missing thing that local chess fan have experience before !?

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