Can you play Chess?

[Mr Allen]

I learned to play 30 years at school, I was actually in the Chess club back then, won a few games.

How about you guys? Do you play?

 

[Chance]

Yes, I like chess.
Me and my gramps would just leave a game set up. We would make a couple of moves a day after lunch and then wait until the next day to do it again, or a play a little that night. I have no idea why we did that. It was just out thing for a few years. I think he would let me win. Sometimes he would make a stupid move that I knew he would never make otherwise. He would just tell me, "Awe, I was just seeing if you were paying attention."

 

[Aeolienne]

Not really. I've learnt the basics and have won a couple of games but I've never been able to develop the strategy. I wish I could but I don't fancy spending hours on computer chess.

 

[Warmheart]

No, my mind works differently. I have other strengths.

 

[Chance]

I like chess a lot, but now days I don't have anyone who will sit down and take the time.
I like it because I can focus on that specific situation, and its usually quiet.
That shuts my overthinking down sometimes, or it used too.
I used to play online, but I did get bored with that pretty easy.

 

[Abe1]

I used to play Chess at school at a half decent level.

But that was a long time ago.

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

I like chess a lot, but now days I don't have anyone who will sit down and take the time.
I like it because I can focus on that specific situation, and its usually quiet.
That shuts my overthinking down sometimes, or it used too.
I used to play online, but I did get bored with that pretty easy.

KP to KP4

 

[Chance]

KP to KP4

Okay, I wasn't formally trained, nor am I a Chess champ, but if I remember correctly this is the first move of the King's Knight (I may have this totally wrong). If not you can laugh with me...or at me
I have never actually played using positioning terms, with no board but I think I can remember the layout,
if not I will cheat and look it up... at least I'm honest.

So I am supposed to mock your move, until we get to the Kings' Gambit and then things can go at least 10 different ways. Am I anywhere close? : )

 

[Mia]

KP to KP4

BP to BP6C

 

[Tyrantus1212]

I've always loved chess...just had no one to play it with. My parents don't like chess and I know I can't force them to play if they don't want to. I wanted to be in the chess club at school but I didn't bother entering. I assumed all the members were better and more experienced than me, and just couldn't handle the humiliation. I very much regret it now, because I'm starting to think that this is not really the case; there's so much cool stuff I've missed out on because of anxieties and low self-esteem.

 

[Momo]

I can play chess, but that doesn't mean I'm good at it.

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

Okay, I wasn't formally trained, nor am I a Chess champ, but if I remember correctly this is the first move of the King's Knight (I may have this totally wrong). If not you can laugh with me...or at me
I have never actually played using positioning terms, with no board but I think I can remember the layout,
if not I will cheat and look it up... at least I'm honest.

So I am supposed to mock your move, until we get to the Kings' Gambit and then things can go at least 10 different ways. Am I anywhere close? : )

Kings pawn moves two places. Long time for me too.

I cant remember what they call the checkmate in four moves.
Its fools mate.

 

[SusanLR]

I like Chess, but, only had one person to play with. We had a standing date for a game every Saturday afternoon for ten years. Then I had to move and know no one to play with. We were about equal in our competition too. Miss it.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

Yeah, I can play. I might not be exceedingly good at it but I do alright.

 

[Mr Allen]

I downloaded a Chess game nn Xbox One a while back, pretty good stuff, need to relearn the game so I can get all the achievements.

 

[xudo]

My Grandpa taught me how to play when I was a child. I never could beat him though. I used to play on and off in chess club in primary school, but I couldn't tell you when I last played. We actually have two chess sets upstairs, so we probably should play.

 

[Jet Weiss]

My dad taught me to play chess but I was never good enough to win. I am much better at card games.

 

[ksheehan88]

I know how to play, but I'm not very good at it.

My 9 year old is in the chess club at school, shes very good and she can kick my butt lol.

 

[Chance]

"The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; in it are several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence, or the want of it. By playing at Chess then, we may learn foresight, circumspection (relation of the players) and caution against hasty moves."
-Benjamin Franklin (1750)

Another cool factoid: Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, Mozart, Nicola Tesla, Thomas Jefferson and many more prominent greats of history are believed to all have had what is now known as ASD. This isn't counting the huge list of current notable people of our time, who have made HUGE contributions to our world and our standards of living.

So when you are down and feeling worthless, look some of these great people up.
These are my kind of heroes and my kind of inspiration. : )

 

[Judge]

I used to play chess some 40 years ago, having been taught by my brother. Though I don't recall beating him even once.