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Do you have any chess memories you're particularly fond of? A childhood chess set you still have today? A chess mentor that really imprinted on you? Share that nostalgia here!

I took part in an after-school chess club as a young kid. They always used those dark green and white fold-up mats with the chessboard and coordinates on them. The pieces were standard, but oversized (by oversized, imagine the pawns being about the size of a soda can). They gave us one of those fun little magnetic chess sets you can take on the go. Those types of boards take me back every time I see them.

Do you have any chess memories you're particularly fond of? A childhood chess set you still have today? A chess mentor that really imprinted on you? Share that nostalgia here! I took part in an after-school chess club as a young kid. They always used those dark green and white fold-up mats with the chessboard and coordinates on them. The pieces were standard, but oversized (by oversized, imagine the pawns being about the size of a soda can). They gave us one of those fun little magnetic chess sets you can take on the go. Those types of boards take me back every time I see them.

george_mcgeorge

#2

Yeah, those travel boards are very nostalgic. I had a small one made from wood and though it wasn't the best of qualities, I nevertheless loved it to bits! Yeah, and the soda sold in our chess club ;)

Davelz

#3

I remember when chess computers were first becoming available to buy and the enjoyment gained from seeing how the machine would handle certain positions rather badly or oddly.
It was fun to have an opponent that, on the one hand, could come up with an interesting shallow tactic and, on the other, demonstrate an amusingly complete lack of awareness about king safety.

I remember when chess computers were first becoming available to buy and the enjoyment gained from seeing how the machine would handle certain positions rather badly or oddly. It was fun to have an opponent that, on the one hand, could come up with an interesting shallow tactic and, on the other, demonstrate an amusingly complete lack of awareness about king safety.

ruttuvaari edited

#4

Oh, well:

I visited Tampere, Finland, in early 90's, and I met Karpov and wrote a short article about it to a magazine. Paul Keres has always been one of my favourites and I visited Tallinn in March. I visited his statue and noted that there's a restaurant called Keres' Bowl next to the statue. The next time I visit Tallinn, I guarantee I'll be hungry. By accident, we walked by Paul Keres Malemaja, they obviously teach chess there. Of course, I want to visit his statue in Narva, too.

Oh, well: I visited Tampere, Finland, in early 90's, and I met Karpov and wrote a short article about it to a magazine. Paul Keres has always been one of my favourites and I visited Tallinn in March. I visited his statue and noted that there's a restaurant called Keres' Bowl next to the statue. The next time I visit Tallinn, I guarantee I'll be hungry. By accident, we walked by Paul Keres Malemaja, they obviously teach chess there. Of course, I want to visit his statue in Narva, too.

SlothLakers

#5

My biggest chess nostalgia is when I played at school and everybody thought they were really good at chess. I realise now that we were all terrible. One of the openings that people used to play was moving all of your pawns up one space at the start of the game. It really shows the four stages of competence. The more I learned about chess, the more I realised that I didn't know

NM MrPushwood

#6

the four stages of competence?

#7

NM MrPushwood

#8

Sounds like more Social Science to me...

Autofill

#9

@Orwellian-Wiress said in #1:

Do you have any chess memories you're particularly fond of? A childhood chess set you still have today? A chess mentor that really imprinted on you? Share that nostalgia here!

I took part in an after-school chess club as a young kid. They always used those dark green and white fold-up mats with the chessboard and coordinates on them. The pieces were standard, but oversized (by oversized, imagine the pawns being about the size of a soda can). They gave us one of those fun little magnetic chess sets you can take on the go. Those types of boards take me back every time I see them.
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@Orwellian-Wiress said in #1: > Do you have any chess memories you're particularly fond of? A childhood chess set you still have today? A chess mentor that really imprinted on you? Share that nostalgia here! > > I took part in an after-school chess club as a young kid. They always used those dark green and white fold-up mats with the chessboard and coordinates on them. The pieces were standard, but oversized (by oversized, imagine the pawns being about the size of a soda can). They gave us one of those fun little magnetic chess sets you can take on the go. Those types of boards take me back every time I see them. getting back rank mated in otb tourneys

SamannOyB

#10

When I was a kid, I was first taught chess by my dad. He showed me how to move the pieces, what the value of each piece is, and all about checks, checkmates and the other different patterns of chess. I started to grow interest, which lead me to searching different chess reference books, about problems, positions, answers (XD) and all. I was admitted in a chess coaching centre by then, and I also participated in some tournaments and did well. But yea, I still remember that table-like chessboard and those little chess pieces, which were the first elements of my chess life.