collectingrocks 908 Report post Posted June 21, 2015 For any person on the ASD spectrum who has difficulty inferring other people's thoughts and predicting their motives/moves, how does an Aspie get on at playing chess? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Primeape 3,673 Report post Posted June 21, 2015 I don't understand how to play it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesf 9,174 Report post Posted June 21, 2015 I don't play chess either, but I think that some aspies are good at it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Catman2018 954 Report post Posted June 21, 2015 I perfer checkers over chess. I'm not good at chess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aspiesw 1,627 Report post Posted June 21, 2015 I love chess! I'd say I'm ok at it. I do sometimes struggle with thinking moves ahead, I guess I'm not that much of a deep thinker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiRi 7,946 Report post Posted June 21, 2015 I know how to play chess, but I've never been good at it. I wonder if it has to go with being good at math. I also know how to play checkers, but that one is even more complicated than chess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scott 1,357 Report post Posted June 22, 2015 I quite like playing chess, I don't get to play that often though annoyingly. I don't follow any set strategy, I just do what feels right in the moment; a better way to play I think, since you end up being unpredictable and hard to play against. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
(deleted) 1,113 Report post Posted June 22, 2015 I don't know about Asperger's, but a lot of intelligent people are into chess - my friend included, who is very intelligent and also has Asperger's. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
collectingrocks 908 Report post Posted June 22, 2015 I play chess but I'm not intelligent ! I know all the moves but am hopeless at predicting the opponent's moves in advance - even if the computer is the opponent... I used to be ace at chess as a young boy but a combination of being out of practice and a regression of me as a person means I'm so rubbish at it now I'm trying to look at ways to improve my "inferring" skills if that is at all possible... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asgardian 4,592 Report post Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) I tried to play chess once and I found it really difficult. I would imagine many people on the spectrum are good at it, but not me I will stick to Monopoly Edited November 20, 2015 by Phil 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aeolienne 130 Report post Posted September 10 On 6/21/2015 at 11:05 PM, RiRi said: I know how to play chess, but I've never been good at it. I wonder if it has to go with being good at math. I also know how to play checkers, but that one is even more complicated than chess. FWIW, I've got a maths degree but I've never made much headway with chess. I know all the moves (including castling and en passant) but I've never been able to develop any sense of strategy. I once went along to a chess club in my workplace, but (like an orchestra) it was pitched at people who could already play at a certain level and I wasn't able to pick up anything by watching. It has been suggested that the best way to improve my chess would be to put in the hours playing it on my home computer, but that doesn't appeal. I'd be more interested on going on a chess retreat, i.e. a short intensive chess course in a country house hotel, if such a thing exists. According to the person I spoke to at the aforementioned office chess club, the only residential chess courses that exist are aimed at schoolchildren - but that was over a decade ago. Someone on another (not ASD related) internet forum suggested I should take up bridge in order to find a partner, as I don't seem to be having much luck of late with internet dating. I can't help thinking that the same caveats that apply to chess would also be relevant here: that you have to be at a certain level to play socially and getting to that level means setting aside time to practise at home. Am I on the right wavelength here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
