Chess /int/

>>73145534
i joined chess club one year because the teacher gave me extra credit for it. full of pretentious spergs who weren't even that good at chess. regardless checker>chess

>>73145534
Learned the basics as a kid by my dad but really not much people play it

>>73145534
Don't recall any school teaching it. School was more about slow dances with girls. Know how to play chess, though. Used to know how to play checkers but forgot.

>>73145610
>checker > chess
is this bait?

>>73145534
I was taught it in my elementary, but it was just this school, chess is not a part of common school program. They just taught us basic rules, and then we were supposed to master the game practically, with no theory in hand.

Our school had a chess club

I learned it when I was a kid though, dad taught me and I played with him and grandpa a lot, mom was fucking terrible at it and having to substitute with her were bad times
Nowadays I'm terrible though, haven't retained shit and not played in years

>>73145534
>Is Chess taught in your schools?
No

>How important is it in your country?
almost completely irrelevant. There are like 6 Belgian grandmaster with 4 of them having a russian name

it's something you are socially expected to know but no institution is implied to teach it to you

i know it and played it
there are local clubs/tournaments regional tournaments and the like

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What language is that?

>>73145534
My dad taught me this game, got decent at it at some point. Never really knew how high my elo was but I played locally for my school.
Shit's not that important here, treated like any other sport that's not boxing or basketball.

There are a couple of flips who are grandmasters so I guess there are people in here who like it that much.

I liked it as a kid but mostly had no one to play with.

>>73149739
Certainly a Latin language

naturally everyone plays this at recess in gradeschool

>>73145534
No
Not important

>>73149739
Esperanto.

>>73145534
>In the United States, it's mostly a game children learn. I've never seen an adult play Chess outside of a teacher and homeless people.
Explains a lot desu