Getting Beaten By A Kid At Chess

Learning chess as an adult is tough!

Ramblings Anon
Getting Into Chess
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3 min readDec 17, 2023

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If you’re an adult taking on the new hobby of chess, expect to be beaten by kids.

I’m a pretty keen online chess player with over 17,000 games played on chess.com but I have discovered that I still have a lot to learn. When I joined a FIDE-rated chess tournament in my local area, I spotted around 10 adults, including…

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Ramblings Anon
Getting Into Chess

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