7/20/2023 Question of the day

[petrea_mitchell]

International Chess Day: Do you play, or have you ever played, chess?

I played it some as a kid. Then one day at school, I saw an older kid who had some real expertise play a few short games against other kids-- very short, only a few moves long-- and I think I had a glimpse of what chess looks like to an advanced player. And suddenly it looked like a simple, boring game, and I lost interest.