I learnt the rules incorrectly when I was 9, when I say incorrectly, I mean I didn't even know you could move your king when u were in check or that you could promote pawns, I learnt properly nearly 2 years ago when I was 15, and Beth Harmon motivated me a bit too, I'm 1700 now and Wondering what's the point of even getting better at chess
How old were you when you learned how to play chess and what attracted you to ♟ chess.
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PDX_Axe wrote:
I was 5 years old when I learned to play just by watching my father and grandfather play on the weekends. No instruction, no books or magazines, and it was years before I ever played a game, but I knew how. For me the appeal was that here was a game with NO luck. You couldn't say you didn't get good cards, or the dice didn't roll your way. Chess is just your brain against your opponents brain, with no luck involved, equal armies etc. The only difference is one side moves first, but when you rotate colors every game that evens out as well. My first actual game of chess against anyone was when I was 9, and I asked my grandfather visiting on vacation to play with me. I won. After that I was hooked for life.
Respectfully, that sound like some bills**t. How did u beat your grandpa in your first game of chess?
May 15, 2023
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#144
It is not bs, but absolutely true. I just think he wasn't paying much attention and taking me lightly, and I back rank mated him. As I said, he got serious for game 2 and destroyed me. When I was 11 I got a guitar and mastered that for the next 25 years, and didn't get back into chess until I was almost 40. I was in the Portland chess club for a while,( The Botez sisters were there but after I had left. ) but eventually work got in the way and I stepped away from chess again, and didn't get back into it until Covid was starting up. About 5 weeks ago I joined the newly formed Beaverton Chess Club, and am trying to scrape the rust off my game. Not sure how that will go, as I am now 66 years old and not as focused as I was when I was younger. Pretty sure I missed my window haha.
May 15, 2023
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#145
This is why I’ll always be a chess.com ♟ member and a forum page participant - everyone here is interesting, bright, and articulate and there are NO 🍪 cookie cutter people! (I closed my Facebook account on Friday after only 8 months because I was soooo tired of having the same conversation over and over and over . . .🥱😴)
hi
May 15, 2023
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#147
dream-pie wrote:
Just started, i suck so bad 😂 I saw Harry Potter when I was a child then queens gambit comercial reminded me that I always wanted to learn but I kno no one who plays. It is kinda nerdy but tbh it is fancy asf. Anyway, I saw a guy playing on chess.com at school thought I would try. I have won won a game! Looking through forums trying to figure out the best way to learn. Found this, thought I would join. Don’t hate me for calling y’all nerds, I also said fancy asf. 💅
No problem, @dream-pie, we are all HUGE nerds and we're PROUD of it!
May 15, 2023
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#148
Chess hustler...just be glad you weren't playing in the park in NYC.
@Pegusu Nerds rule the world. Be proud.
I got attracted to chess because my english teacher used to play with us chess instead of taking a lesson (well we were ahead in terms of lessons). Also, it was the only game I was able to play because of the lockdown.
May 15, 2023
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#150
Being good at school means you’re a “nerd” apparently, so yeah I don’t care if you call me a nerd
TheWolfMaster37 wrote:
Being good at school means you’re a “nerd” apparently, so yeah I don’t care if you call me a nerd
Pretty sure following your logic that 2000+ are the real nerds
i got bored in class one day, so I made a cc account and boom
been here on a span of 3 accounts, been here since 2019
I was 14 years old, and now back play and I like it very much
I was 10 years old when I learned chess. I didn't play for more than 30 years, but recently I have enjoyed the game again. There are many more learning tools and materials now, so it is a different experience.
May 16, 2023
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#156
I learned the basic moves of the pieces at the age of eight after the neighbors showed them to my little sister. I learned something about the game—some tactics and checkmate patterns—when I discovered chess books at fifteen. The so-called ladder mate I figured out on my own at eight, but didn’t know much else until books.
Irving Chernev, The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess (1955) was life changing when I borrowed it from the library.
May 16, 2023
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#157
Apparently, I’ve yet to learn how to play this game. At my age, it may never happen.
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No optimized just has a small chip on his/her shoulder. Point is he/she has a life outside of chess, and now the whole world knows it and he/she can once again sleep at night
I played my first (casual otb) game as a teenager and I was hooked for life as well.