If I remember it was my dad was the one who "taught" me, but I just used pieces with the way that they could move along the bottom :) so I didn't have to memorize the way the the knight moved.
That was maybe five to eight years ago, before I can actually remember anything; but I know that I knew how to play before third grade (I went in a little tournament and got third place).
My dad, probably about 15 years ago. He taught me the basics and now I am just beginning to really enjoy playing and learning!
My dad and I both learned to play the game by reading the rules in the soft illumination under the Christmas tree where Santa had left me a chess set when I was about nine years old. Then we played a game and I won. I don't think my dad ever played chess again. And me? I went on to become a very average chess player.
May we know who taught you how to play chess. Thank you for your respond.
I learned how to play chess by watching my friends playing chess when I was still young in the late 1950s, but I stoped playing the game because I was appearing in the movies and was dancing the ballroom dancing. I just started playing chess again in the 1990s but not concentrating it because I'm just playing the game for fun, to make more new friends, to refresh/exercise my brain. I don't even read chess books and moves.
Ray Duque III (GMBD), New York City