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thenewgreen  ·  3836 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Chess: A Story about Five Generations of Chess in My Family

    Len realized that in the hospital that night, a few months before his father died, Sid Blum had lost in order to give him a gift of confidence which would carry him through the many fatherless years ahead.
-What a wonderful thing for your father to have the awareness to do, it brought a tear to my eye. This is a great read lil, I've never been a chess player but this makes me want to try my hand at it. I always felt like it was too late for me to try, nobody wants to play chess against someone that is just learning. I have the same problem with poker, I've never played and feel it's probably too late for me to become proficient. Mostly due to a lack of time and priorities.

Perhaps I have the gene though and could learn quickly? Though this is doubtful as it doesn't seem to have been expressed in any of my kin.

Great read!