Was tired of having nothing on my profile so that's my chess history :

My first contact with chess was with my late grandpa when I was around 5 or 6. I got scholars mated on my first game against him. My first ever game lol. But it didn't matter, I was fascinated by the game and the endless possibilities it could offer, just like a 5 y/o kid could be. But at first it felt extremely overwhelming with tons of things to learn. To me, it was interesting, but clearly not as fun as the other activities I had the luck to practice, like football (this one ⚽) or tennis. I didn't play for about two years, then my dad decided to create me a chess kid account. I would play almost every day on the family's computer. My parents quickly noticed that I liked the game, and that I wasn’t that bad at it. So I subscribed in a chess club in my local town, also for the reason that nobody would play me at home. I believe it was in late 2018. Soon after that, I created a lichess (now inactive) account, then a year later my chess com account (which I still use today). Thanks to the experience I had built on chess kid, I got put into the higher level class, where there were some very good people, with the highests being over 1900 OTB. I had a coach Who was 2100 OTB, a FIDE master in puzzle creation. That's where I learned most of my chess knowledge, and almost didn't learn anything new since then. As most beginners, I was overconfident, but quickly got sent back to reality. I would understand half of the lesson every week, then get destroyed with the club players on Saturday mornings. I stayed for two years, did some online tournaments during COVID and had one FIDE team tournament where I played one match, which I won, and which still is my only OTB match today. After I left the club, I quit chess and didn't really miss it at all. What brought me back ito chess was firstly the early death of my coach from a disease in 2024, and my grandpa’s death around the same period. I played a lot on lichess, then had a brief stop, closed my account and came back to chess com in summer 2025. I was 1000 Blitz at that time, I set my objective to 2000, what I expected to reach in two or three years. I got it way earlier than I expected, and am now playing almost every day, with a new and different passion for chess, and will probably continue to play it for a while. I am today 15 y/o, 10th grade, and betting with my friends I can beat them 50-0 in chess.

Wish you all a great day and a great future!

cheeseblackbelt