Ever since I was a baby, I had this app on my Windows 7 known as "Chess Titans." I was curious on how this game worked, so I clicked on it for the first time and I liked it. I didn't really know the rules of the game, so all I did was that I moved pieces randomly. My brother also had a glass piece chess set that he still has, but many of the pieces are missing. All I remember was that I have just randomly moved pieces in the game of "Chess Titans," but when my father downloaded a chess app on his IPad, I decided to try it out myself, and that's when I started to learn how the pieces move. From there, I decided to play a game of chess with my sister many, many times, but we didn't know how the pieces moved correctly. We played just for fun, but I never ever had the chance to win against her. We thought that we just needed to capture the king, and not to checkmate the king. After a few games against her, I didn't feel like playing anymore, and I didn't for another five years.
For about five years, I wasn't interested in chess at all. In February 2020 I came across this YouTuber called Eric Rosen. I got to know that he was an International Master, and his videos were very informative and helpful. I liked his chess gameplay, and I started to learn more about chess, and climb the tough mountain towards mastery. From there, I got to know more chess masters and Twitch Streamers such as Hikaru Nakamura, Levy Rozman, Eric Hansen, and Alexandra Botez. From there, I really got motivated into chess, and I started to deliberately practice learning some more techniques, strategies, and tactics right after I opened one of the videos by him. I've also watched some chess events such as Twitch PogChamps, where. From there, I put a lot of thought into the game, and I was curious to learn more, but not too curious to lose games. I also learned more after these events, and as I watched videos by the YouTubers I liked the most, and my chess skill was improving slowly and slowly, like a bamboo plant.
Today, I haven't really been into chess that much, given the work that my teachers have combined with my terrible study habits I am trying to fix. As of now, I have been playing in the chess club with some new students and alumni. I've continued to watch some chess gameplay by some intermediate players, given that I understood more about the game, but I haven't really tried playing chess online with many other players just yet. I have played online against some training bots, but I haven't played real people that I don't really know in a game. I have even made some new friends in the chess club. For any Wilcox students who are interested in the club, you can come to Room S120 on Friday afternoons after school for chess club, although most of the people who come here usually go for chatting instead of the chess.
In the future, I want to know even more about the game. Also, I want to play more games so I can get even more experience through the game. My goal is to become a master, but it will take many games, many losses, and many lessons in order to reach the ultimate goal. It will go down to my determination, my devotion, as well as the time I spend on this game alone. I want to become a master, but if I had a specific title, I would definitely go for Grandmaster, and I will continue to reach that goal even as an International Master. I also want to play against some famous figures as well, if I had the chance to.
Also, all of the content that's in the page represents all the tips I can give as a novice myself as of now, and a person who has yet to play against someone new online. I am also a person who absolutely hates to lose, but I am starting to understnad that defeat can turn into victory. Unlike most people who think you have one shot at either failure or success, I think that any failure one makes would turn into success after considering what happened in that failure. My motivation in the game of chess has also improved my critical thinking a bit, as well as improving my decision-making skills. Chess can also be a game of lessons that you can learn in life instead of learn and to enlarge the brain, although I do still think that chess improves your IQ. I don't have any rating yet, because I haven't played online. Also, my chess club that I have today is for friendly games. This chess club isn't a competitive club, although some of the players in the club are tough.