A Chess Learner

By Chris G. , 4th Grade, Hough Street School
True Stories That's Weird, Grandma

When I first started chess I couldn’t even beat my Mother. Then I started chess club. Every year I got better. Soon I didn’t need to think all that hard and I rarely lost. I’m still taking chess club. Recently I have won a first place trophy. Now I am pretty good at chess. I can play billets chess (chess with 5 minutes on the clock) with no problem. In a book I read it said that Bobby Fisher was mostly famous because he competed with the Russians and won. My favorite two openings are the Stone Wall and an opening of my own making (pawn e-3 bishop c4 then knight f3). Now I am really interested in chess. I have lots of chess variations and travel chess boards that I take on vacations. I play chess a lot. Now I am awesome at chess.