I was joking with the female comment.
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No, I wasn't joking that I was a female.
I used to work at a club in DC where two ranked chess players used to come in and play each other. I'd try to play them sometimes, but they were way more accomplished than I was. Both of them could mate me in 10 moves or less. It was embarrassing.
But, for the most part, other than playing with them, I could play a pretty good game. I still love the game. I should play more often. When my son stops by, we play. But the games are short even when I'm not playing regularly. He needs more practice.
My dad taught me and my sisters to play when we were very young. I think I was about 7 or 8 when I learned how the pieces move. I did the same for my kids. I drew a diagram... cheat sheet... to show them how the pieces moved. They'd use it, at first, when playing their first games. It helped them a lot.
I just asked my 12-year-old daughter, "How old were you when I taught you how to play chess?" and she said she was somewhere between 5 and 7. Geesh. I didn't realize she was that young!
You're right, perez ...... It's a good game to learn. It's good for the mind to think strategically like that.
My dad stopped playing with us at a certain point. We never could understand why. I was in my 20's and I decided to ask him. I missed playing chess with him, I said. Why did he stop playing with us?
He answered, "You're kidding, right?" and I said, No, I very much wanted to know. "I couldn't win any more," he said.
hehe
And I thought when he used to knock the board by accident that it was really an accident. Geesh.
You say you play chess online, p?
Where?
(I love Scrabble and tried that online, but those people cheat! They use words that aren't real! I didn't like that much. What's the point?)