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Too much chess?

After days of lots and lots of quick intense otb chess games I've noticed something: it’s almost like me eyes struggle to steady their focus on objects outside the game. It’s pretty subtle, but it's as though the repetitive movements involved in the games have become ingrained in my perception, making it almost challenging to maintain comfortable visual stability, and thus making me a bit preoccupied with this kind of dizziness/wobbly-ness... Has anyone else experienced this carryover effect from online chess to everyday vision? I like to think of it as being a bit like the effect that scrolling in one direction for a while and then stopping has, or seeing credits move on a screen; it’s like the screen is still moving after they stop, sort of thing.