My classmates, when I was 9 or 10.
who taught you the game of chess
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My dad! About the age of 6?! 7?! Before I can remember anyway.
he let you win lol?
The World Book Encyclopedia. I saw a strange game being played on TV and asked my Mom what they were doing. Must have been 8 or 9. Looked it up, took out a book or two from the library to make sure I understood the rules, and then taught a playmate or 2, after I begged the folks for a chess set. Never was worth spit at it.
So your Dad was not a good sport when he lost lol
Well.....its was a dark night deep in the jungles of Borneo. I had just lost two wingmen early that day to headhunters as we were trying to navigate a path to fresh, untainted water. Water that was free of the dreaded triple lipped sickle celled sap sucker and the diseases that it carried....
I taught myself from a book.
....next thing I know I woke up in a seedy strip bar on the outskirts of Jacksonville Florida, with a giant mammoth toe staring at me none the less. Across the bar I noticed these odd little pieces scattered about, must have been part of one of the shows. I learned later that these pieces were to be called "Pawns"....
Now then, Tactical, let's not be talking nasty about the outskirts of Jacksonville Florida. That's too close to home.
Jan 6, 2015
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I remember I was about 13 yrs. I learned from my step dad and it really meant a lot to me.
Whos talking nasty?... I havnt got to the part where I travel through Alabama yet !
LOL.
I learned in the early-to mid 80's on a electronic chess board-it was hard as hell to win. The easy skill level was not that easy and it never made mistakes. I then played in the navy and college afterwards. I had nobody to play after college so my game went dorment. I played on chessmaster for a while and then stopped . I then found this great site and I am trying toknock the rust off and also have no desires to be a GM lol