chess is an art

i've lost all verve for actually competing...i still appreciate the beauty of chess though...i'm thinking about writing up a little treatise on the slav exchange...at lower levels it's still good...also on the winawer gambit of the slav and slav exchange 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 and 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 e5