How did you become interested in chess?
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It’s quite interesting that I became interested in the interesting world of chess at the profoundly interesting age of 9.
In my case, my grandfather taught me.
My hobby is woodworking since I retired. I made a couple chessboards for grandkids and it kind of lit a fire. I had played in the past, but just a few friends and family, nothing serious, so I went on line figuring there had to be resources and I found chess.com right away and have now played over 400 games (60 minutes rapid) here in the past 4 months. I'm 76 years old, BTW, so I seem to be living proof that old dogs can learn new tricks.
Alright Mike, your words fill me with wisdom.
I starting playing chess when I was seven on chesskid.com. i used to play for fun with my siblings but then my mom found chesskid online. I played there for a coupe of years and then switched over to chess.com. chesskid really helped me get to the intermediate level with its lessons. after I switched to chess.com I got platinum a few years later and kept studying. I also started studying some books (Chess Tactics for The Tournament Player is really good one for players rated 1300-1600).
Back then my father taught me the basic moves of chess, but I have yet to learn en passant at the time. I had the shock of my life when that move first appeared! But ever since then, I have been slowly picking up skills in chess.
I told them that my grandfather taught me to play chess, but that wasn't all. At the beginning I did not give it so much importance and at that time I already knew the platform Chess.com. But some time later, in quarantine, my brother showed me again the platform that now had many more new things and I gave it a chance. And I become who I am now...
A master in chess.
a master is at least about 2000 rating btw. you're a little above 1000 rapid. you're in the beginner-intermediate category
Master in the sense that I have become an expert in chess.
the most popular boys at my first school were playing chess every break. one day I was done writing, drawing and talking so I watched their game and wanted to understand what they were doing. they were very nice and helpful learning me the basics of chess and from that moment I wanted to play as well and challenge them one day :)
Jul 27, 2022
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#13
Watched the queens gambit on Netflix. At Target one day with my granddaughter looking at toys and saw a cheap little chess/checker set and bought it. Found chess.com and have been playing ever since. Play on 3 different apps, do tons of puzzles. Just a lot of fun.
Jul 28, 2022
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#14
I have no clue, I just remember liking chess as a little kid and winning my elementary school’s chess tournament. Three times.
Jul 28, 2022
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#16
in my teens my brother and I played for fun and I loved it. Then as I got into my 20s I just stopped playing and didnt play for close to 30 years , Then , I have to admit... The Queens Gambit on Netflix brought back great memories so I started playing again. I have plaid it every day since then. I play at work between calls. Often 5 or 6 games a day. Because I am at work I mostly just play Bots. on the weekend I play against my older brother and have a blast. I will never be amazing at it but I am HOOKED and play every day
Jul 28, 2022
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#17
@Lowish_Monkey invited me to his chess club a few years ago, and I was hooked ever since.
Watched some guy’s playing for money, in Hyde Park London, so I thought I’ll give it a whirl. They cleaned me out , left me standing with only my pants to show ! ……….been hooked on the game ever since .
Here we are going to talk about their experiences of how they became interested in the interesting world of chess.