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¿Question #3197?
meshuggener: Do you consider Chess to be challenging or frustrating?

Jrtolf: Challenging and fun if you play someone close to your skill level.
pwilz: Both. I'm not particularly good at chess and chess problems, but I appreciate that it's a cool thing.
rebuscarnival: Challenging, but a little boring
Hector Vortac: I balked, then realized the answer is 'no'.
Bifford: Challenging
Woelf: A little of both, depending on the opponent.
Yugblad: Frustrating.
Firestata: Depends of if I´m winning
Felimid: Challenging ... but occasionally frustrating when someone (not playing me) spots the hole in my strategy and shows my opponent where that hole is. That happened to me once, and I almost gave up on gaming entirely.
yfvham: Frustrating... so very very frustrating.
jessitron: Challenging. Too challenging to spend enough time on to enjoy it. I'm not retired like MisterCranky
Cringing Dragon: Yes.
ricardofo: Frustrating. I prefer wargames. A bit of luck is necessary
vandemonium: Yes.
DancingMoogle: Frustrating.
gheintze: frustrating
Polgara: frustrating
jeRm!: frustrating
GrimJester: challenging and enjoyable
DKahnt: challenging
gmcash: some of both
kathleenryan: It depends on my opponent.
boldot: Intruiging.
Rliyen: I'd rather play Shogi, less of a game of attrition.
tragicpoet: Suffocating
Lord Ramius: both
yprbest: Challenging, generally, though it obviously depends on the opponent.
rjpomeroy: boring
kuchick: Both.
DHEK: Challenging.
Fat Tony: challenging
Eric Haas: Challenging
doc_bean: rather boring actually
aleo09: both
Ender Barney: Easy
jeffwolfe: Yes.
Athena60_98: Challenging and fun even when I am losing
dsmeyer: Depends who I am playing against
tsnyder701: frustrating
pairofdicelost: I used to watch a tv show about a cat eating alien. Often I would wonder what cat tasted like. To this day I am still unsure and don't know that I would try it if given the chance. But if someone had offered me BBQ cat back then, I may have tried it. And challenging.
darcyj2: Challenging.
Neopeius: Boring.
ralpheous: Frallengerating
cowdog: Both\
daveroswell: It's a challenge.
SisyphusX: Challenging.
BaSL: both
XenoMaster: Both
Embark: Both
vampywife: challenging, yes.
joebelanger: Boooooooring.
Gizensha: Challenging, but would find it annoying if I were better (thanks to white's... Is it half pawn or third of a pawn, I forget, advantage. Fortunately at my level that's not enough to make any difference.)
Chris Page: Too much work.
scribidinus: Yes!
WatchmanX2000: challenging
residue: Challenging
jasta6: Challenging....................................................................................................
POvidiusNaso: I'm too impatient, so it's frustrating.
bigbadsteve: both
gregor1863: frustrating
Gecko23: I lead towards challenging, but its more dull than anything else for me.
confuse_a_cat: More challenging than frustrating. Though it is annoying that I'm not better at such a closed game.
Timothius: More on the frustrating side.
KompaNanzi: Rather too challenging
richdknows: Yes
MochaKimono: Neither. I never play.
GuyHill: frustrating
scriptorum: At times either. Lately, latter.
GeminiWeb: Challenging
Regault: frustrating
GrandpaDave: No. Just frustrating
Karlsen: Challenging
ValJor: Both, but more on the side of challenging
dakarp: both. I don't usually enjoy playing it much.
divisionbyzorro: Frustrating.
CharlieWonka: Challenging
RadAlienDad: Challenging
skrutsch: I really don't enjoy playing. I'm just not interested in trying to figure out how to win. It's not so much frustrating as...I don't know. It's not boring.
Lord_Prussian: Frustrating, incredibly so.
ssmooth: Always challenging, sometimes frustrating.
Steve Leach: neither
puffinge: challenging but I haven't played in a long time.
2amp: boring
Mike A: Yes.
lambda: Frustrating
Randy Cox: That's kinda like asking if I find mowing the lawn to be challenging or frustrating. Either way, I don't like it.
Igmatto: frustrating
AWildEep: Both.
Ardos: Both
skelebone: Frustrating, there are better games to play.
CDRodeffer: Yes
chaddyboy_2000: Boring.
jttm: Eventually, I think that chess will be solved
djlg: No.
familygaming: Frustrating. I hate all the arbitrary exceptions. Give me Go any day.
snoozefest: frustrating
Dave: I am challenged by the game's depth, and frustrated by my own impatience.
CortexBomb: Both
heli: too obsessive