how old were you when u learnt how to play chess?

8. I got a chess set as a birthday gift. My dad taught me how to play, but I positively sucked till I was about 13.

It was about 7 or 8 for me and we had no idea. After setting up we'd then move our pieces into a formation before starting to take.

At 12 in my first year at high school I took on the captain of the chess team one lunchtime and completely wiped him. I still remember the look on his face of disgust (at himself) and embarassment! Never underestimate your opponent, which is a lesson I'm re-learning in one of my current games.

I learned it when i was 11 now I'm 17.

Originally posted by kris1234
how can you teach yourself how to do something when you dont know how to do it in the first place??? 🙂

I was about 8 years old when I learned to play it. My dad helped me at first, and I used a chessbook for complete noobs then. 😛

Originally posted by kris1234
how can you teach yourself how to do something when you dont know how to do it in the first place??? 🙂

how can you teach yourself how to do something when you dont know how to do it in the first place???


A book!! thats how u can teach u'reself... thats how i learnt...no one taught me how....

I was too young to read.

My mother and I got out my older brother's old chess set, read the instructions, and began playing when I was about thirteen years of age.

Originally posted by Mislav
Yeah, even the smartest man that ever lived on the planet (William James Sidis) could only say word "Door" when he was 6 month old.

Originally posted by Mislav
I learned it when i was 11 now I'm 17.

I was 10. For my 10th birthday my parents bought me one of those all in one game set. It included; chess, checkers, chineese checkers, horse racing, etc.

No one in my family knew how to play, so I learned the rules from the instructions included and proceeded to learn the basics. I got into more chess playing in grade school and played all through high school. I stopped playing after high school and really never picked it up again until a couple years ago (24 years later). Here I am.

Dawg

My Dad taught me when I was about 5 or 6...that was a long, long time ago...

What I thought was cool was, when I was in 6th Grade, our Math Teacher made all of the kids in class learn how to play chess, and we had tournaments all year long... I taught a few kids how to play, and that was kind of neat...

I was a good player as a kid, but now I realize how much I don't know about the game... but it's fun learning new things about Chess all the time... this certainly can be a lifetime hobby, and I hope it is with me.

Originally posted by Mislav
Yeah, even the smartest man that ever lived on the planet (William James Sidis) could only say word "Door" when he was 6 month old.