Good at logic, math, and computers, but horrible at Chess?

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I am okay. I can be both good and bad depending on what my concentration levels are. When my ADD lets me concentrate I can be really good at it.

Coming to logic and computers - this is what I am really good at. It comes naturally to me.

Math - I hate it, it needs some work for me to work it out. To me it’s not as easy as computers and logic. And the more complex it gets the more it irritates me. My ADD got worse when I took mandatory advanced math (calculus and the likes of it) in high school. I just barely passed it. I don’t remember any of it now.

What comes naturally to me is statistics, geometry and probability. The rest are not challenging but need a lot of work.

I'm average at chess
Good at logic
Hopeless in math
Hopeless in computers

I'm bad at logic, math & not that great with computers either. I never played chess but I s#ck at checkers. I think part of my problem is my dyslexia & other related learning disabilities.

University level math minor (qualified to teach it in high school). Logic is more recreational but I'm not so interested. I can program computers but not advanced I can build PC's and good at problem solving for people (I can easily imagine how interfaces work).

Chess: even kindergarten child could beat me.

Of course, this has nothing to do with autism.


I'm more like OK with numbers in general, good at analyzing and figuring certain things out, and bad at certain types of 'planning'.

Several accounts and outcome says I'm good at logic, math, and computers, but OK with chess.


Yet I'd say I'm good with logic as long as I recall the right terms and symbols, and constantly see what has been said.
Bad at logic if I don't know or forgot that X isn't there, Y is Y, or even Z exists somewhere -- even if I knew that X and Y is Z.

Good at maths as long as I'm looking at it, recall what the formula is, and seen it's patterns. Geometry would be better.
Bad at maths because I'd keep dropping bits of numbers in my head, couldn't solve it without writing it, or in some cases I have to forget my entire being just to hold onto two 3-digit numbers along with it's answers in my head because if I get the numbers missing or recalled wrong -- I'd get wrong answers.

Good at computers as long as instructions or descriptions aren't being vague, otherwise I may do the same mistakes, or if it involves programing - as long as I'm able to recall what terms are for.
Bad at it because I forgot that files and folders are placed there, or that X should or shouldn't be with Y, even if I know what X and Y is and what it was for.

OK at chess when it comes to general population, but suck at it compared to an average player. I wouldn't know or feel if I'd be good at it if I have the interest. I usually end up winging it.



Overall;
I may be good at all of them because I'm good with patterns and knowing how things work. My visuals are good, so does anything nonverbal.
I may suck at all of them because of bad working and short term memory. What I noticed or knew, even if I knew what I'm supposed to do with it wouldn't mattered anymore.

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Unlike logic, math and computers, with chess, there is this unpredictable variable (the other player) to take into account.

I like math, logic and computers because it is by definition very much predictable, based on rules and logic only.

Chess is kind of quantum logic, I hate it!

I think my problem with chess is that it is a war game, and I'm not generally warlike. I might do better against people I don't like enough to play games with.

There are players who try to "read" other players as part of their strategy, even touching pieces in an effort to draw a reaction from their opponent. It can backfire when playing an Aspie.

^^^did you mean "martial" arts?

Some chess pieces look weird, maybe they are autistic, who knows!

^^^same for me, no worries

I've never played chess before so I wouldn't know. I'm bad at maths and I only know the basics of computers.