Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game
I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does provide a degree of satisfaction - not to mention a steady income, which is why I do it occasionally.
Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.
I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.
I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.
If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company.