First let me say that there's pretty important to have a board to lern chess. That maybe sound stupid but in my youth that was trully a problem. In those days, a computer was like a trip to Mars... and the existent sets were both too expensive or not so easy to find. So when I was 9 or 10, a distant cousin got a chess set and he taught me the basic moves, but with huge mistakes and blanks. One of them was that the knight only moved forward... When I turned 14, a teacher put on a chess club in our school and taught a bunch of nerd guys like me the strong basics of chess, the value of pieces, some oppenings and defenses and encourage us to play a lot. And he bought some 15 chess boards so everybody could play. Those where the days. So I insist: without the chess set, it's impossible to learn. Now this reminds me to get out, buy some sets and offer them to someone who doesn't have any.
who taught you chess and how?
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Self taught. I taught myself the way the pieces moved. But never had anyone to play. I finally bought a couple of portable chess computers and played them for a couple of years. But until I joined here I had only played one live person. I have found playing real people is 100x better and more interesting than playing a computer.
My dad taught me chess when little. I srarted getting better than him,so one day the board and pieces flew across the room,and that was the end of the lessons!
Your daddy taught me too! ;) We had private lessons after school... it was interesting..mmm
looks like you're the teacher
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