Well I didn’t have anything here since I joined, so I think it’s time to write here something. My chess journey started when I was 7. One of the friends of my family, an old lady gifted me a small chess board, which I still keep on my desk (and it has all the pieces, though one of the black pawns is broken). Then my dad teached me how to play. I also got an old chess book from a friend. I started studying chess from that book and I played regularly with my dad and my grandpa. I could beat my father in a few months, but then a tougher challenge came; beating my grandpa! It felt like he was the reigning world champion (and in some sense, he was, since he was the best chess player in my family). But then, the breakthrough came: I could beat him once! Then we played a lot of close matches. Then, I finally found chess.com! Here, the serious part of my chess journey started. My first goal was 1000, which took almost 1 year since I didn’t play so much. My second goal was 1500, which felt like a dream. Then I played a lot, I also had a coach 1100-1400, but then I left him and wanted to study on my own. After hitting 1400, I couldn’t hit 1500 for a year, because I played a lot of Minecraft and I didn’t play so much chess. Then, I deleted Minecraft+my mother bought the best chess book I’ve ever read: The Amateur’s Mind - IM Jeremy Silman. Then I hit 1500. I set myself a new goal: 2000! Then my rating skyrocketed, in 9 months, I went from 1500 to 2000! But I’m not planning to stop anytime near in the future, my main goal is now to get CM in FIDE. I’m 14 y/o, I live in Gijón, Spain, but I’m from Hungary. I speak Hungarian, English and Spanish. I like playing the piano and playing football.

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