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Day 24 - And Old Passion Now that these thirty days are coming to an end, it's time for me to sit down and to consider other projects that I'd like to undertake for the next month. And this idea makes me think of all those different activities that I've undertaken and dropped out throughout my life. There're many, however one that I regret the most having abandoned is chess. I wasn't good at it nor even mediocre, but I certainly enjoyed my time as an amateur chess player. Unfortunately, this game is not popular in my country, and even though various studies support its impact on child development this sport hasn't been inserted in schools either as a workshop nor as a pastime. In my case, for several years I had a game chess at home, somebody gave it to me but I never got to know the rules, consequently, the chessboard lied down in a corner of my room for several years. Later on, I met someone who taught me to move the pieces and above all inspired me to look into the chess' history. As a result, I not only learned quite a bit about it but also learned to love it. I remember that as this's a strategy game, then I began to apply that mindset to all the different aspect of my life because there had to be a logic for everything not only for a board game. So, as you may have guessed, in the following thirty days I'd like to recover my passion for this game, but above all, I want to have again that perception of the world as a describable and predictable game, in which I can outwit anyone just with a little bit of strategy.

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Day 24 - An Old Passion

Now that these thirty days are coming to an end, it's time for me to sit down and to consider other projects that I'd like to undertake for the next month. This idea makes me think of all those different activities that I've undertaken and dropped out of throughout my life. There're many; however, one that I regret the most having abandoned is chess. I was neither good at it nor even mediocre, but I certainly enjoyed my time as an amateur chess player. Unfortunately, this game is not popular in my country, and even though various studies support its impact on child development this sport hasn't been inserted in schools either as a workshop or as a pastime. In my case, for several years I had a game of chess at home. Somebody gave it to me but I never got to know the rules. Consequently, the chessboard collected dust in a corner of my room for several years. Later on, I met someone who taught me to move the pieces and above all inspired me to look into the history of chess. As a result, I not only learned quite a bit about it but also learned to love it. Given that chess is a strategic game, I began to apply that mindset to all the different aspects of my life because there had to be logic, not only for a board game, but for everything.
So, as you may have guessed, in the following thirty days I'd like to recover my passion for this game, but above all, to see the world as a describable and predictable game, in which I can outwit anyone just with a little bit of strategy.


Interesting insight into the game of chess. Good work!

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Day 24 - And Old Passion

Now that these thirty days are coming to an end, it's time for me to sit down and to consider other projects that I'd like to undertake for the next month. And This idea makes me think of all those different activities that I've undertaken and dropped out but did not complete throughout my life. [There're]*1 many, [however]*2 one that I most regret the most having abandoned abandoning is chess. I wasn't good at it nor or even mediocre, but I certainly enjoyed my time as an amateur chess player. Unfortunately, this game is not popular in my country, and even though various studies support its impact on child development this sport hasn't been inserted in schools either as a [workshop] (class?) nor or as a pastime. In my case, for several years I had a game chess chess board *3 at home, somebody gave it to me but I never got to know the rules, consequently, the chessboard lied  laid down in a corner of my room for several years. Later on, I met someone who taught me to move the pieces and above all inspired me to look into the history of chess' history. As a result, I not only learned quite a bit about it but also learned to love it. I remember that as this is strategy game, then  and I began to apply that mindset to all the different aspect of my life because there had to be a logic for everything not only for a board game.
So, as you may have guessed, in the following thirty days I'd like to recover my passion for this game, but above all, I want to have again regain that perception of the world as a describable and predictable game, in which I can outwit anyone just with a little bit of strategy.


*1.  This is something you would commonly hear said but never seen written.  It would always be written "there are," even if when said it sounds like "there're." :)

*2.  I think most English speakers would use "but" instead of "however" even though either works.

*3.  At least in America, we refer to the collective pieces necessary to play chess as "a chess board," or, at least, saying "I have a chess board at home" indicates to the reader that you have all the necessary pieces.


Good luck getting back into chess!  It is a lovely game.

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