WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO PLAY CHESS
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My Mom started me on it. She checked out a video from the library, and I learned how to play from there.
My old man taught me in the seventies when i was a kid. It was always my ambition to beat him. He died in 2002 and I never did.
Sep 24, 2007
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my dad taught me to play when is was about 4-5, he was really the only person i played for a long time, i beat him for the first time when i was about 15
I learned the basics of the game when I was a child, but I did not start playing until much later. A few years ago, while in the recording studio, our producer and I would play game after game while the other members recorded their tracks with one of the engineers. He would beat me mercilessly and say, "Don't put your queen in front of your king" or "Why didn't you castle." I don't think he was a fantastic player, but I was just crap. Those games piqued my interest in chess, and I bought the Winning Chess series by Yasser Seirawan and Jeremy Silman(I actually stole most of them) while touring. Life on the road, contrary to popular belief, is not all sex and drugs. I went between chess, Vonnegut books, and math texts whenever we had any down time.
Looking back, I think I could beat Scott(the producer) now.
I bought a little computer chess game and some books. I don't have anyone to play with except my battery game which beats me every time over level 2. I'm encouraging my 9 and 12 yr. old grandboys to join this site and maybe we can learn something together. It's all a little intimidating right now though I'm not sure why...I'm already pretty used to losing!
JohnnyRocker wrote: I bought a little computer chess game and some books. I don't have anyone to play with except my battery game which beats me every time over level 2. I'm encouraging my 9 and 12 yr. old grandboys to join this site and maybe we can learn something together. It's all a little intimidating right now though I'm not sure why...I'm already pretty used to losing!
I think if your 9-year-old joins the site, he's beaten the record of youngest person here. :) Anyways, it's normal to be intimidated when you're playing another person if you're used to playing a computer. A computer can't make fun of you if you make a bad move. A person can. Not many people on chess.com will mock you, but there are always a few. Don't let them ruin it for you. Also, if you want to get used to playing chess against people, play unrated games at first. There are plenty of people here who are willing to help you improve your game.
My father taught me when i was a little boy.But i played seriously at high school.
My dad thought me how to play chess when i was a little boy :P
My father taught me when I was a kid. We didn't play many games, but I think it was just something he felt a person should know.
My father taught me asweal, at the age ov 7, thow i never hade the patience for it then. He was my only oponent untill the age of 12, wen i moved to a new town, and started playin on the net
i learned how to play chess from the little plastic chess set that shows the way the pieces move on each piece...now that i think of it...i guess thats y i suck..lol
i taught myself in primary school and have endured many hardships.. we had a chess club then had a lot of school equipment stolen( in cluding our sets) then we had to get rid of it.. then in high school the got rid of games on the computers... now we play chess everyday.. trying to outplay and outsmart eachother!
my friend's mother taught me the basics... there were around 50 children interested in chess...our parents arranged a coach for us when i was in 2nd standard...
In the 60s a school my schoolfriend and I got a book out from the library and taught ourselves. We messed up with some of the rules though the queen for instance was able to turn corners, so no enemy piece was safe. Once my father realised I was trying to learn he started teaching me.
I think its interesting to note that most people are saying their fathers taught them, whereas, the top players on this site are women. Maybe we all should have got our mums to teach us!
My father taught me how about 10 years ago :D
I played at age 14/15 can't remember but played it a little, well I befriended a great friend who just so happened to be a Grandmaster named Russell Price, he was much older than me but for some reason he seen promise in me and began teaching me the art of war, he showed me like 20 openings and why to use them. Well after about 5 years of getting my butt handed to me I finally beat him and he jokingly said the lesson is over. We talk chess still but we don't play anymore. Truly the best game ever.
You beat a GM??!! Wow! Do you remember the moves? Maybe you could show us.
