Play OTB chess they said, it’ll be fun they said 🙃

The fact that you have the courage to play OTB, when many will not and cannot do, and to share this open and honest video, shows me that you are a winner in my department.

This reminds me of what my brain does to me all the time: replay all the bad and regretful things. It seems so much worse when strung together like this. I hope you have some great feelings too! Your honest reactions empower me.

Losses happen. It’s part of the journey of improvement. OTB is not for the faint of heart but I’m sure you had just as many wins in there right?

Sadly no😅 I’ve been on a pretty bad losing streak the past 6 months. However, there are some great memories in there and we keep on!

You can become my spokesperson, you know what to say!

Painful, but funny 🤣👏 (in the if-I-was -ever-brave-enough-to-play-OTB, this-would-be-me 😬 kinda way) 🤷🏻‍♂️🙏

those 1700s are sandbagging

I appreciate the raw honesty. There’s much to love about OTB classical tourneys…but also much that’s painful and difficult. And that’s true even without losing games! More convos around the good and bad of OTB for adults should be had. Thank you, Sam. 🙏

At least you're out there doing it, I'm nowhere near good enough to travel the hundreds of miles I'd have to travel to play OTB. Keep it up

Ehh it gets better. I lost to an 8 year old who was 1900 a few years ago.