I'm discovering my inner invalid
I laughed so hard at that, I think that I too may now be discovering my inner invalid.
My school didn't have a chess club (too rural), but it did have a Latin program, and they had chess tournaments (along with quiz, volleyball, and ping-pong) at the district 'Latin Club' events twice a year. I usually could place top five at those, but don't remember ever winning first. I used to play on FICS back in the dial-up modem days, and got my rating up around 1200.
I've been kinda wanting to get back into it, but I've hardly played in the last 20 years, and I don't think I could take the humiliation, after my previous brushes with modest success. Maybe in another year or two, I'll be ready to trigger my midlife crisis.
Oh, come on now... you still have some humility you can squander on my account! I have faith in you. 🙃 !LOL
But seriously... a 1200 rating is nothing to sneeze at (unless you ask anyone above 1500 🙄). I wish I had taken more of an interest when I was a kid. I couldn't even tell you if my schools had a chess club... I lived and breathed baseball.
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Thanks for the tips, soon I'll have enough of those to hand some out! I was pretty proud of my rating, but pretty much everyone over 1300 thought it was bullshit!
I do have the humility to squander, but currently, not the time. Last year... well, I'll just say it set me back, and I have to play catch-up this year. I'm hoping by October I'll have time to participate. In the meantime, I may start checking out the competition... 😁
Very cool.
And I totally understand... I was just ribbin' you a bit. Good fun. And you should definitely come watch me lose. It should be fun. 😒