How old where you when you first started chess?
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Nine or thereabouts. I was fascinated by the Fischer-Spassky match. I remember teaching myself the rules of the game from an encyclopaedia.
Apr 17, 2025
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Learned when I was 7, came back when I was 12, started being serious when I was 13 or 14.
Apr 17, 2025
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I started playing chess at 8 years old joining the late great Mike Basman's chess for schools group, I went on to win eventually the British under 16s and played for my local county and league, my uncle was my idol and was a tough player himself once at his peak reaching a BCF rating of 215 (2320 elo) he died aged 88 and could still play a great game even into his late 70s i have his book collection which i fondly play through during my now retirement years.
Pawnwiser657 wrote:
I started playing chess at 8 years old joining the late great Mike Basman's chess for schools group, I went on to win eventually the British under 16s and played for my local county and league, my uncle was my idol and was a tough player himself once at his peak reaching a BCF rating of 215 (2320 elo) he died aged 88 and could still play a great game even into his late 70s i have his book collection which i fondly play through during my now retirement years.
Thi is the true meaning of "Legends never die!"
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