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The man is an absolute legend. And the most awesome thing about poker is that you can play until the end of your days if you can stomach the swings.

2-718-281-828 4y ago
unlike chess or go where you have to stop at some age - good point!
- alasdair_ 4y ago
- Rebelgecko 4y ago
  Yeah, it's sad to see champions giving up chess in their 30s but I can also see the desire to leave on a high note, before you've declined, and also spend your life on other things- you've already shown you're the best so why invest all that time and effort into keeping your title? There's definitely diminishing returns.
  - alar44 4y ago
    If you're talking about competitive players, they don't give up, they stop competing professionally and usually go on to teach. Competitive chess is a gruelling full time job.
    - Rebelgecko 4y ago
      Exactly. It's interesting to see how poker seems to differ.
      - amalcon 4y ago
        Well, there's a lot more money in poker.
- YZF 4y ago
  You don't have to stop playing. Kasparov (59) still plays here and there and he's still pretty great. Anand is 52 and is 13th in the world. Chess requires a crazy amount of time invested and you're likely going to stop, and definitely slow, making gains at a certain age. Lots of people play chess for reasons other than becoming the world champion (since obviously most won't). That said I play online chess too much and it's sort of a waste of time ;)
  - 2-718-281-828 4y ago
    - YZF 4y ago
      ah, well, we've proven again those don't always work over the Internet. I mean Google works but sarcasm and irony not always.
    - robocat 4y ago
      Being snarky is strickly against hn guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Alao sarcasm is generally disliked, usually downvoted. Disclaimer: not a mod, just want people to be nice to each other. NZer, so I sarc myself, but inappropriate on HN.

2-718-281-828 4y ago

unlike chess or go where you have to stop at some age - good point!

alasdair_ 4y ago
Rebelgecko 4y ago
Yeah, it's sad to see champions giving up chess in their 30s but I can also see the desire to leave on a high note, before you've declined, and also spend your life on other things- you've already shown you're the best so why invest all that time and effort into keeping your title? There's definitely diminishing returns.
- alar44 4y ago
  If you're talking about competitive players, they don't give up, they stop competing professionally and usually go on to teach. Competitive chess is a gruelling full time job.
  - Rebelgecko 4y ago
    Exactly. It's interesting to see how poker seems to differ.
    - amalcon 4y ago
      Well, there's a lot more money in poker.
YZF 4y ago
You don't have to stop playing. Kasparov (59) still plays here and there and he's still pretty great. Anand is 52 and is 13th in the world. Chess requires a crazy amount of time invested and you're likely going to stop, and definitely slow, making gains at a certain age. Lots of people play chess for reasons other than becoming the world champion (since obviously most won't). That said I play online chess too much and it's sort of a waste of time ;)
- 2-718-281-828 4y ago
  - YZF 4y ago
    ah, well, we've proven again those don't always work over the Internet. I mean Google works but sarcasm and irony not always.
  - robocat 4y ago
    Being snarky is strickly against hn guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Alao sarcasm is generally disliked, usually downvoted. Disclaimer: not a mod, just want people to be nice to each other. NZer, so I sarc myself, but inappropriate on HN.