I call it the Green Monster because growing up a baseball fan, I know how bothersome it was to watch your team play at Fenway Park and see the Green Monster repeatedly reject would-be homeruns! Like life, sometimes no matter how hard you try, you won't always hit it out of the park and instead of letting it eat away at you, you have to learn how to handle it - just like our own inner critics.
I see your chess enthusiast... I just started playing and I'm enjoying it - even though I'm terrible at it!