Why Did You Pick Up Chess with one Pic?

I injured myself and took up chess again while I was healing.

To sum it up in one picture....

I built a chessboard for my grandkids and it stirred my interest. 

That beats my story hands down.

Good to hear!

pretend there's a picture of my dad below

use your imagination

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Amongst the first reasons for myself, I wanted to know how to play something different besides 1. a4 e5 2. Ra3 Bxa3.

I was 13 and a good friend of mine that was at the time a role model for me and he had a very intellectual father and he challenged me in front of another very smart friend who knew how to play.

Of course I didn't know how to move any piece but I did accept the challenge  and he just humiliated me by being mean...so after  I decided to go to the library and to read a book about chess and to have my revenge...

No, I never had the chance to play against him again and that is why i still have a chip on my shoulder....

That’s an awesome pic!

Ginger GM is one of my favourite personalities.

We now know his age lol.

Wanted to be better than my friends at everything (soccer, hockey, chess, english, math, debate). At school, some kids were playing 1. a4 1. a5 2. Ra3 2. Ra6 and so on. I always lost to it (I knew how to move the pieces back then) and didn't like that. So I started studying and really getting into chess. I signed up for chess lessons with an FM and started going to some small tournaments. Fast forward now, and I am still on my journey to becoming a master one day (doubt it though...)