Introduce yourself

Richard. Dub from Nort county Dublin.  Kinda really only taking it seriously for the first time. Decent player when I concentrate. Looking to learn along wit a club. 

toodle pips. 

Hi all! I'm Emily!

Originally from London, but have been living in Berlin for 5 years, and about to up and move to Singapore in a few months

I only started playing chess once I moved to Berlin, so am still relatively new and have a lot to learn! Although I do want to improve, I'm not hugely driven by winning, instead, I just really enjoy chess as it allows me to really switch off for an hour or so. I love playing online and in real life.

Looking forward to playing some fun matches with people from the Groovy Gang!!

Hello,

Sean from Atlantic Canada. I'm a middle aged financial analyst who only started playing this calendar year. We bought our teenage son a chess set for Christmas and he asked me to play ... so here I am learning on the fly. I stink, but it's a blast. Thanks for the invite, thanks for the club, thanks to all you likeminded people who won't mind when I blunder five or six times a game.

Not sure how I got invited to this, but thanks! It looks fun and I've enjoyed reading all the intros. Lots of very interesting people here ;-)

I'm Robin from Bolton in England. I've lived in South-West China for the last 20 years and am married with 2 kids, Grace and Jay-Jay, and my adorable cat, Pistachio. I'm a manager in a British organisation.

I played a few games of chess as a teenager, but didn't start playing properly until I got introduced to chess.com in January this year. I'm now hooked. I love playing the Halloween gambit, so you'd best be ready for it if you're black! I'm pretty erratic, can beat someone rated 1500 one day and lose to a 500 the next.

Feel free to challenge me to a 1 day daily game.

Hi liyurt, you're not too far from me, I've just moved to Rawtenstall from Ramsbottom. I spent a couple of years in Hong Kong around the handover and a short time teaching English in Guangzhou and Chengdu. Welcome to the group.

Hi, my name is Martin, I'm 70yrs old going on 40 lol from the UK. I suffer from Lumbar and Cervical Spondylosis which also causes cervicogenic headaches which causes a form of vertigo and migraine type headaches. I started playing chess at school in the 60's. After moving from London I joined a local chess club in March 1970 and left in January 1971, so I have been out of chess for around 52yrs. I saw an Anna Cramling video on YouTube and decided to get back into chess. Because I don't go out anymore I only play online. I joined Chess.com as a beginner so I am rated 800 but would like to improve on that.

Boom....

Yo, good one !!

I am truly glad to be here. First, I would thank the Admins of the club for letting me be the one of you.

My name is Arman, age is 15. I am from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, city: Shymkent. apart from chess:

I love studying math&physics. Sport is the part of my live - I do - calisthenics, boxing, powerlifting and bodybuilding. I am into self-help, psychology, philosophy and finance books.

I am a youtuber, too: Dre Dom. The channel is all about self-improvement.

So..CHESS!!

I enjoy playing chess so bad...the feeling when you find the way to checkmate, the feeling when you predict your opponent's moves, the feeling when you feel your opponent is nervous...it's all about strategy, psychology and adaptivness. I LOVE IT.

Hey everyone, I'm Enzo!
I'm a 31 years-old Brazilian Educator based at Ribeirão Preto, that's medium sized town in the countryside of São Paulo State, Brazil. I got into chess during the pandemic boom in the community and have been in love with the game wver since, although I struggle to progress from the 1000 rating range. 
Tks for the invite, hope we have a blast playing together.

Hi Everyone!

I was born and raised on the big island of Hawaii, so I say aloha to everyone 🤙 I am 56, married with a couple kiddos, and definitely have a love-hate relationship with the game i’m also a realtor, so if anyone wants to buy or sell something in Virginia, I’m happy to help-thanks for the invite and look forward to playing some great games

Hi i dont rlly know how this chess club works but when i was reading the invitation the part where it says tournaments got me interested, i am very clueless, also im a teenager i started playing chess when i was 3 but i didnt rlly understand chess then so i stopped now i went back to playing chess because i figured out how the pieces move

Hi , I am Judy. I love to play chess and try to learn something new every day. I have a Queensland Heeler dog aka Australian cattle dog. She has never challenged me to a game, so I play a lot on chess.com !

Hi, I am Shawnn. 31, married with one kiddo and 4 cats and 2 dogs running around the house. Currently live in the St. Louis area of USA, but I move around for work every few years. I work in the cybersecurity field and enjoy it. Recently got into Chess 3 months ago and am enjoying the new hobby.

here's a question...i was invited to join; i did; i asked about tournaments and was given a coupla choices; both tournaments were already underway...is there an upcoming something i can take part in; would like an invite before it starts; i'm john btw; go by doesntringabell here; i play for the game, not really a win-or-lose kind of player; anybody wanna game?; also i'm at cb121088@yahoo.com if you wanna chat or whatever; wherearemymanners??THANK YOU! for having me as part of your club! (i sometimes forget to appreciaten what's right in front of me...)

Hello, I'm Phil. An ancient geezer from London UK. Old enough to remember the 60s (and 50s). Pretty hopeless at chess, but I live in hopes that someday I will find someone almost as bad as me to play.

What's up guys and gals, College student in San Antonio, Texas, USA! Joined up for tournament play and to spectate higher elo players.

I've been playing over the board chess since I was 8, Retired for a few years and came back on Chess.com.

Great seeing y'all and look forward to match request!

Hi ! My name is Isabella. I live in Vermont, on land that was purchased by my parents in 1946 and opened as an artists and writers retreat,. Over the years, the place has changed quite a bit. In the 60s many young hip people flooded through, and then asked to stay and build houses. They began to have children, and we homeschooled, and then created our own school, the North Hollow School, which has been called a model school for “independent reporting schools” in Vermont. The land continues to belong to my family. People who own houses have leases. People also come and rent rooms, and sometimes just camp in the meadow. We have some interesting times in our lives. There is still a focus on creativity, and we believe that children are — as my father, Writer Irving Fiske, said, “ ambassadors from another dimension, and should be treated with every courtesy .” 
Also, all animals must be treated with gentle, caring and well cared for and they cannot be eaten here or used as breeders to create other food. We have made an allowance for hens for eggs, but not to eat.

I’m married and have a couple of grown children; one is a lawyer, and the other a psychotherapist. I’m a writer, and have been working on a memoir of strange and peculiar life for a while. I’ve been a member of chess.com for six years or so. I really love playing chess, and have definitely improved over the years although certainly I am never going to be a great chess player but I don’t care.

How do you edit your statement?

Hello Groovies, this is LADYBELLEF..I have changed my name to IFMvt to try to avoid being hassled so much by various apparently male creatures.

Hope this doesn’t cause any confusion. Thanks, Isabella.

I’m Thomas in Los Angeles. Two kids a wife and a dog. Back at chess after a 30 year hiatus. I’ve learned so much in the past 6 months.