Terrible at Chess

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MEXIMARTINI

So, I'm pretty terrible at chess.  Chess, however, was not my first sport, still learning the game.  I was heavy into soccer and basketball growing up till my early 20's, started chess just couple years ago.  Started here actually.

Anybody else have a pele or jordan shadow in them?

Or still do?  Or any other sport?

BlargDragon

I've played chess for 25+ years, but the vast majority fo that time I was either inactive or played without giving it much thought. Only very recently have I focused on improving.

The gap wasn't because I was involved in anything else productive, though. I just poured excessive amounts of time into video and computer games, as well as my interest in board/card games in general. While I'm not particularly good at any of them, I'm familiar with and competent in a very large number of them. Even now, I wouldn't necessarily identify as a chess player so much as a game player in general.

MEXIMARTINI

video games....were you in the Contra era?   Castlevania?

BlargDragon

Oh yeah! I've played since I was 3. The first video game system I ever played was the Atari 2600, followed shortly by the NES (which came out in America the year I was born). I also knew my way around DOS PCs pretty well for a 5-year-old. My parents were rather restrictive, though, so I played practically none of the games that had questionable content from their conservative, religious perspective until much later.

MEXIMARTINI

I never really got into the PC games...didn't have a computer in my home till basically after I left the house. ...Atari, NES, dreamcast, game gear?? hahaha...ooooold schoool. 

leeforty

Contra - lol..... Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, select, start.... I still remember that!

I played chess some as a kid and got back into it when my daughter started to play when they formed a chess club at her school in elementary. Then I started to coach the club, so I really needed to improve then.

In HS, I played baseball, basketball, and football. (I was actually all conference CF in baseball).... Praise be to God!

MEXIMARTINI

haha! the Contra code!  That's hilarious you still remember it! 

all conference eh?  nice work man! 

Nikprit

 

50lbCurls

Quit chatting and play maxi

MEXIMARTINI
50lbCurls wrote:

Quit chatting and play maxi

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Anna_kyznetsov

MEXIMARTINI wrote:

50lbCurls wrote:

Quit chatting and play maxi

hahahahhahaaaa

Maxipad is your new name, thanks 50lb

MEXIMARTINI
Anna_kyznetsov wrote:
MEXIMARTINI wrote:
50lbCurls wrote:

Quit chatting and play maxi

hahahahhahaaaa

Maxipad is your new name, thanks 50lb

50lbs....nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

can't be original can ya banana.  gotta steal some other guys material.

50lbs...

Anna_kyznetsov

Maxipad

lofina_eidel_ismail

how is your chess now 

MEXIMARTINI

 

Im still losing to my Tio, however, I know it's gotten better.   only a couple of peeps I know over here play, so that's kind of lame.  Still working on getting a tourney set up

lofina_eidel_ismail

an OTB tourney @work ⚒ or.... .... Online here😯😮

ChessPlayinDude47

Hey MEXIMARTINI, 

How 'bout you get yourself in on a Scrabble tournament?

Any interest? If you have what it takes...

We are currently witnessing the exciting conclusion of Game 5, 
Strangemover vs. WeakChessPlayedSlow.

Check out the action at: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/scrabble-for-fun?lc=1#last_comment

MEXIMARTINI
ChessPlayinDude47 wrote:

Hey MEXIMARTINI, 

How 'bout you get yourself in on a Scrabble tournament?

Any interest? If you have what it takes...

We are currently witnessing the exciting conclusion of Game 5, 
Strangemover vs. WeakChessPlayedSlow.

Check out the action at: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/scrabble-for-fun?lc=1#last_comment

Hey, i've checked it out...man i'm so lost on that.  I'd blunder i'm thinkin...

MEXIMARTINI
lofina_eidel_ismail wrote:

an OTB tourney @work ⚒ or.... .... Online here😯😮

at mi casa.  it's going to happen!

lofina_eidel_ismail

there's a Scrabble Game App on Google Play Store if you like those, Mexi😇