my nephew wants to learn and play chess

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Apparently, my nephew wants to learn chess, join a chess club, and join offical fide tournaments.

How do I talk him out of this??

Avatar of TheGreatOogieBoogie

You're lucky, my nephew just wants to play Mario.  I really wanted to go over various queen and pawn on the seventh vs. queen endings too and teach him how to win or draw them (depending on file and king placements.) 

Avatar of heyRick

Boy! Aren't you the killjoy? I admit I don't know the entire story, but what is the danger you see in a little boy wanting to learn how to play chess? Anyway, Good Luck to the both of you.

Avatar of Darth_Algar

The bigger question is: how do we talk you out of trolling?

Avatar of kleelof

Another of the OP's troll threads:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-in-the-military

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/globes-hanging-from-ceiling

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/which-part-of-brain-considered-cheating

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social_climber wrote:

Apparently, my nephew wants to learn chess, join a chess club, and join offical fide tournaments.

How do I talk him out of this??

Let him go ahead and do it. Why should he be any better adjusted than the rest of us?