when did you start playing chess?

5 years ago

I learning the rules of chess at a really young age (about 7 or 8 years old or so) but rarely ever played and never even considered that chess would have ratings or tournaments - I never even heard of what a "grandmaster" was! Chess was just another board game I would play with a few friends at school if we finished our work early. 

When I "really" started chess was one day when I literally woke up and figured that I wanted to give chess a try to see "just how good I could get" - purely as a challenge for myself and nothing more. That was the exact day I created my chess.com account and the rest is history  

p.s. I've been a member on chess.com for a little over 3 years at this point in time.

3 years ago

i started playing when i was 5 1/2

53 years ago.

wow

... back in the Late Bronze Age.

lol

Dang, you old

In the beginning...

I accepted the unrated game, but usually it is easier to message in private messages like where I sent you that link

and God created chess... or something like that

I start this july

its really easy to play

2 years ago

wow you play just two years and almost get a IM or FM award?!

I am nowhere close to IM or FM. Even NM for that matter, since it’s 2300 otb in Canada 

Learned how the pieces move when i was 11.

Didn't learn how to properly study for about another 40 years.