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Originally Posted by Dowly
Say wha? Who the heck cares how big the squares are?  You chess-people are wierd.  |
You have no idea....
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"Chess doesn't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane." ---Former British champion Bill Hartston
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My first real exposure to chess was the original Chessmaster back on the old 16-bit machines. What hooked me was the ability to watch the machine calculate hundreds of thousands of positions per sec. That sort of gave the game a cool factor I never considered before.
I didn't start to really play chess, though, until I was in grad school and didn't have time for the more complex wargames I had been playing. I started playing chess out of desperation...but eventually adopted it as my game of choice. I may not be a wargamer my whole life (well, nowadays, I am more of a strategy gamer...guess I should change my handle!), but I will always be a chess player. The game, the community, the learning, the history, the attitude...it is everything I ever wanted in a hobby.