Chess, the game which can famously be improved upon for an entire lifetime, was too simple for him at age 8? Sounds like he plateaued and didn’t know how to keep improving.
I'm pretty sure he absolutely sucked at chess, but being the narcissist that he is, he refused to acknowledge taking losses fair and square and instead took his proverbial ball and went home to some fucking phone game.
Chess, the game which can famously be improved upon for an entire lifetime, was too simple for him at age 8? Sounds like he plateaued and didn’t know how to keep improving.
I'm pretty sure he absolutely sucked at chess, but being the narcissist that he is, he refused to acknowledge taking losses fair and square and instead took his proverbial ball and went home to some fucking phone game.