Quote: (08-25-2018 03:07 AM)robreke Wrote:
My great Uncle played Bobby Fischer in the 70's and actually beat him. Albeit, it was one of those combo games where Fischer was playing 10 people are the same time going from table to table, but still a cool story.
Unless your uncle is a famous chess player, it is hard to believe. Playing against 10 people at the same time is not difficult as it sounds. Magnus Carlsen did it plenty of times and some books says doing it is actually good since it "clears" your mind.
I won few local tournaments when I was 12 to 17 but then I lost interest. My ELO was around 1900. Not impressive but decent.
I highly recommend buying Chessmaster (10th ed I think). Joshua Waitzkin teaches you from scratch and it's quite good even for advanced users. Importantly you learn end game (the most important). Some concepts were new for me.