200 things that make chess cool!

really?

I teach/ coach chess to middle school students most of whom have none of the advantages of life that our academy school attending opponents enjoy.

For my students, beating the "rich kids" teaches them valuable lessons... that in a game in which you have to "use your brain"... given a chance and some hard work...

they can compete against anybody,

they are just as good as them

and the confidence this gives them is life changing (for many, its the first time they have ever won anything)

There is nothing like raising a chess trophy up to the sky for these students and knowing they are going to take it home to show "mom".

That's why chess is cool.

Chess is cool because it excercises the mind.  You have to use your mind to play, because nothing is left up to chance.  Keeping minds active will help prevent Alzheimer's disease and senility in elderly people.

Well, it depends on your definition. The oldest form of chess was the first game ever. However chess is now played in a different form, so some will say that it isn't the oldest game, and claim the chinese game Go is the oldest game because it is still played in its original form.

NOBODY TOSSES A DWARF!!!

Which is what makes it fun.

 That chess clock is really cool. Any idea how old it is?

 This was all it said:

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Playing chess is like swimming in an ocean: no matter how far you swim out, there is always more ocean ahead of you.

new chess variant play with ice figures chess and if a piece melt away you cannot use it.

Dude that's awesome.

Dude..., that's depressing.

Only if you can't swim.

Even if you can you're eventually going to drown.

Yeah but by then who cares?

The coolest thing ever about chess:  every time you visit chess.com, you win a $1000 Walmart gift card!

Now that's funny.

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