I took a 25 year break from chess.
Any of you stop playing for a long time then come back?
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Nov 12, 2020
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I played the game as a casual hobby when I was a kid, and stopped 20 years ago. At first I was horrible, hanging pieces left and right, but after a few weeks I started playing better and now I am surely a lot better than 20 years ago.
I wrote a post on my experiences, and if you wish you may use it as a guide on how to improve your game:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
I hope you'll have fun bettering your game.
When I was in my 20's I got really into chess for awhile. I'm not sure what my rating was but for awhile I was unemployed and just studying chess all day. I could see like 8 moves ahead, read long transcripts of games without having to use a board, if chess was a language I think I became fluent. Then I basically gave up the game overnight and started a few days ago having not played for 10 years.
It's pretty frustrating how bad I am. Not just that I am hanging pieces, missing mates, etc. but I look at a board and feel lost, like I don't speak the language anymore. Have any of you been this scenario? I hope I get it back fast!
It's just sad to be like well everything is developed and I don't see an attack, I guess I'll move this side pawn forward. Whereas before it was like Be4 threatens attack on g pawn which could bring a defender off c4 square so we could trade and I could have protected knight placement. That probably doesn't actually make sense but I know that's how I used to think, now it's aw well, I'm gonna try to get this rook in an open file!