In retirement, I have more time for pastimes.
I just played ten chess games. It took slightly more than an hour to play them all.
It was five-minute chess online. When I hit the play button for a five-minute game, the computer matches me with someone of my skill level somewhere in the world. In my most recent session, I played against people from Spain, Paraguay, Pakistan, Sweden, Canada, and a couple of countries I’ve never heard of. Once assigned an opponent, a board and chess clock appear on my screen. Each player is allotted five minutes for moving pieces. If my time runs out, I lose. It is fast and furious chess. No game can take over ten minutes and due to checkmates or resignations, most take less than that.