Do you mention chess on dates?

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CalvinMarshallOH

Do you mention that you play chess to girls? I never used to until this one time I was at a party talking to this girl when another person came up and was like "Hey you're the chess guy!"  (i'm president of a club) and the girl thought that was really cool and it started a great conversation afterwards.

MrKornKid

Heck yeah I do!  ALL the time...well ...all the one time anyway.

Dolphin27

I mention chess to everyone I talk to. Chess is the most exciting game that's ever been invented. Most people enjoy chess, and even the people who don't play it have a respect for it.

Dirty_Sandbagger

I don't mention it on a date unless specifically asked for my hobbies.

tmlcomm

When we were barely acquaitances, my wife gave me a Duchamp t-shirt from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she worked.

 

Good topic!

PhantomCapablanca

Honestly, if a girl is gonna be turned off by the fact that I play chess because she thinks it's too nerdy, then BYE FELICIA 

Jimmy720
bb_gum234 wrote:

It's really romantic to recite Najdorf lines from memory.

We've got a player over here.

DrinkingLikeTal

Yup, my Plenty Of Fish profile is all about how great I am at chess.

Diakonia

If youre on a date and they ask about your hobbies, then yes chess gets mentioned.  If youre on a date and hobbies never gets brought up, that dates not going anywhere.  Also, if youre embarassed to bring up chess as a hobby, then youre probably in highschool.

atricapillus

If a girl can't at least score a draw against me during the first date she won't be getting a second one. As you can imagine I don't get many second dates.

SilentKnighte5

I signed up to Ashley Madison as Robert J Fischer.

Ziryab

On my first date with my wife, chess probably came up. The date was on Friday night and I played in a tournament that weekend. I called her between rounds four and five on Sunday.

It was the worst tournament of my life. I lost all five games. My wife always lets me play in that tournament every year, now, because she knows that she owes me for my 0-5 performance after our first date.

2travel

only when dating a chick from the local chess club...then we try   checkmate

DrSpudnik

I'd wait until you're at the same stage as being comfortable farting around her to bring up chess. By then, she's unlikely to let that be a deal killer.

Chicken_Monster

I think most girls are not into guys who play chess or video games. That being said, are you interested in that type of girl?

EmberGerlach

What if the girl mentioned first that SHE played chess? How would you react?  What if she was better than you?

Chicken_Monster
EmberGerlach wrote:

What if the girl mentioned first that SHE played chess? How would you react?  What if she was better than you?

I would propose.

Diakonia
EmberGerlach wrote:

What if the girl mentioned first that SHE played chess? How would you react?  What if she was better than you?

Just an added bonus!

jurassicmark

I've mentioned chess to my girlfriend a few times, and then the conversation gets changed to something else pretty quickly lol.  She has "zero" interest on the topic.    

PhantomCapablanca
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
PlatinumKing wrote:

Honestly, if a girl is gonna be turned off by the fact that I play chess because she thinks it's too nerdy, then BYE FELICIA 

Hahaha, omg, who's FELICIA?? We all have to hear this story!

Oh man, you haven't seen the movie "Friday"?!