Chess made me a King.
Through chess I discovered computers on a Commodore 64, or is it the reverse? It doesn't matter, chess and computers are interchangeable.
Chess made me a literate person.
I discovered Borders Books because of chess.
I discovered Amazon looking for Go books.
I discovered Yahoo Chess, and Yahoo Mail, and the power of the Internet.
Chess is my "magnetic compass" for history, and everything.
Through chess, I understood all arts.
Chess made me a King!

lfPatriotGames wrote:
And what about people who played chess? Did they grow up to be kings or queens?