I cannot speak on behalf of others. As for myself, my best feeling of success is not when I have received a lot of points or a high rating. Of course, I am disappointed when I lose a game or my rating points.
Nevertheless, the intense feeling of real success is not related to comparing with others. The genuine feeling is seeing that I have done something excellent and beautiful on the chessboard.
Recently, I had such a feeling in the rapid game EintaluJ - Xixiwang on Lichess.
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After the move 20...Rc8, Black offered a draw. I was already almost in a zeitnot.
After my long move, move 21 Qa3!, I felt like Bobby Fischer. I could not help but think that I was very smart.
I suppose cheaters who use chess engines during the game can never achieve such a high level of success-enjoyment.
That is a fundamental assumption which I cannot prove: that self-deception can never yield real pleasure.
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