Do you mention chess on dates?

Do you mention that you play chess to girls? I never used to until this one time I was at a party talking to this girl when another person came up and was like "Hey you're the chess guy!"  (i'm president of a club) and the girl thought that was really cool and it started a great conversation afterwards.

I don't just blurt it out, no. If the conversation NATURALLY turns to my hobbies and intersts then I decided based on the person's maturity level if I want to divulge that and other things about myself.

Girls in high school or college don't care at all for the most part. You look like a child or some under developed adult that seems "geeky" or "cute". Think Big Bang Theory, but if Penny actually treated those guys realistically.

Anyway, don't make chess your whole identity. That really would be sad and no girl or woman anywhere wants to be with a guy who already has a mistress.

Only after getting to know if I want her around or not... Seriously, vet those dates before you introduce chess into the equation. One got so comically ticked off at losing (every time - AND I WAS A NEWBIE PLAYER TOO!) that, before I told her to pack her bags, I began finding enjoyment in her emotional reaction to losing, so out came the chessboard each night, so that she'd storm off and I could have a moment's respite from The Succubus, as I began to regard her. She turned out to be bi-polar... Man that evil devil-witch look she'd give me as I explained that she was checkmated... I laugh just at the memory of it!

...Shortly after the Great En Passant Move of 2013 (oh boy did that get her hackles in a bunch!), she was last seen walking, with duffel bags and backpack and purse, storming down my 1 mile driveway in the middle of the woods...  - Don't worry, she made it, and eventually married a guy who the unfortunate fellow pictured below would laugh at. Poor guy never saw it comin', I bet... Just wedding bells followed by a shrill screech as a bi-polar succubus emerged from the bride's gown... and asked him to drive her to a doctor's appointment or, oh the horror, her parents' house!

Anyway... sorry for the rant... back to chess and mentioning it to dates... I would recommend that you require your dates to submit to a psych evaluation before you bust out your board...

If you play a lot of chess, it's good to mention it. Chicks like guys to be smart, and people seem to believe that chess = smart.

But yeah it shouldt be the only thing, like a guy said, because they also like that you do different stuff. And do social things and such.