Chess

I kinda push the pieces around the board, but I don't think someone who knows what they're doing would call what I do "playing chess."

I met Garry Kasparov once. Does that count?

I love chess. That and poker

tried to learn london system lazy casual style, now i'm trying to casually learn the italian game, giuoco (joke'o) piano for black because I play that a lot with black anyways even when I was playing london system with white.

I love playing chess. Unfortunately, I'm not very good.

I just tried playing online chess. It did my head in. So many accidental moves. Might be cause my phone screen is cracked, but still. Fuck that.

I know how to play but don't like it because it's too hard, at least for me. Not fun. One can remember a variety of openings, and the end game can go relatively quick, but I find the middle part of the game very difficult and not a lot of fun.

Yes I used to play inter-school competitions back in the day when my mind worked a lot better for chess than it does these days. As a young adult I was put off playing by older opponents who kept on insisting on "one more game". Now it's Windows 7 Chess Titans for me.

i'm terrible at it. whatever mind it takes to be able to achieve even base level competence at chess, i don't have it. i find playing it miserable, honestly. i can't map out moves, sort out strategies, and each time i play it just turns into dreary slog where i push the pieces around while waiting for my eventual humiliation.

which is to say i don't like playing it much.