Existentialism through Boardgames

I got a repeat "liddle fact" today so i'm going to write about something else.

I recently started playing chess with a colleague through an app on our phones.  Its tons of fun, and i am always excited to receive his next move so i can continue with my master plan!  Of course when i realised this my mind started jumping all over the place.

I am an optimist to the point of self destruction.

This is manifested almost perfectly in my excitement during a chess game.  I have a gameplan and a set of steps/moves planned out that I feel will surely lead me to success/victory.  Sometimes, however, something will happen that i didnt foresee (imagine that!), and the opponent will totally shoot a hole in my plans, and i'll be so surprised!

So, while i'm trying to romanticise it, really i could just say "When I get excited and don't think things through, sometimes I overlook things" but that doesn't quite sound as profound