At what age did you learn chess?

I am glad I have something in common with erik and chessnetwork. 8 yrs old started had rating of 800 about 10 it was 1100 about 11 was about 1200-1300 ish and now same except bullet rating is almost 2000

Rules of the game? Back when I was a eety beety kiddie. Play chess seriously? A few weeks ago at the age of 14. I can beat anyone at my school (unless there's a chess genuis hidden there or something, or I epicly blunder) with relative ease, even those 3 years older than me at my school's chess club. (although age =/= chess ability)

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/how-long-have-you-been-playing-chess     Here's a question I asked a long time ago that got a lot of answers.

I learned when i was 8 but due to the fact that i was not able to use the computer then and anytime i got a set i lost the pieces i quickly lost intrest (within 2 months) but at the beginning of this summer (when i was 13) i read a book called "The Queens Gambit" by Walter Tevis and quickly picked up interest again 

 

 Hehe, who plays non-tournament games OTB these days anyways? ;)

 I would think over the board would be funner than online.

We Arabs are born knowing how to play chess (doesn't mean I'm any good lol).

Kidding aside, I don't remember learning, but my sisters shares her memory of it with me so I guess I was 4 or 5 or 6 ... somewhere around there.  But I've just always known how the pieces move even if it wasn't a game we played a lot.  I learned pawns can move two spaces on their first move and to castle kingside in high school, I learned to castle queenside properly and en passant about 6 months ago after joining chess.com.

7 :)

11

How many students in your school know how to play chess well?  

10 and I'm 11 now

Not yet.

6-5,now 11.5.

I learned chess at maybe 8 years old because I was bored of playing checkers.  I played with my younger brother, but we didn't really get the rules from the instructions that came with the set.  This spring, I started playing against my friends because we had nothing better, and that was when I started really getting into it and learning how to play correctly.  I just turned 14, and now I play chess with my friends all lunch...

I was only introduced to Chess  in High School, and even represented my school in a few tournaments...then I put my studies and career above everything else. I had not even seen a chess set for a period of about 25 years, because no one closely associated with me played the game, then I met chess.com in Dec 2009. This is when I really got hooked, and really began for the first time being a student of the game. Bought my very first chess set this year- 2010, and my first chess book was purchased last year-2009.

I don't have an engine yet, but I am considering buying one, especially to assist in the end games of GMs. I follow only world tournaments now, and enjoy every moment of them. I met Anand in India a few years ago, and got his autograph. My next mission is to meet my chess hero Garry Kasparov (he was fighting for the world title against Karpov when I was at High School).

i have been playing chess since my age of 5....but,,,in my age of 10,,,i had stopped playing chess because of my bussiness,,,now...i got 17 and being a beginner

I think it's neat to hear the ages we started at and who taught us the game. 

 I couldnt have said it better my self!

I learned at 16 and still dont comprehend the game, even after 2 state championships in High school and 3rd in Nationals.

5 from dad...

When I was about 7, I learned how the pieces moved by reading the inside of the box lid from one of those cheap chess/checkers sets from Kmart (Wal-Mart didn't exist back then).

When I was about 27, the friendly folks at a chess club in Baytown, TX showed me (quite decisively) that there was a very big difference between knowing how the pieces moved and knowing how to play. Uphill battle ever since.