Untitled attachment

@renai Nice!

I kind of like it, but I'm too perfectionistic to enjoy it. It's a long story:

As a little kid, when my stepdad first came into my life, we bonded over Doctor Who, Monty Python, Ancient Aliens, old-school trance music, and chess. He'd take my mom on a date and then we would all meet at a coffee shop where he would teach me chess. Espresso beans, swedish fish candies, and the French Defense are all linked in my memories of that time. I was good enough at the basics and the theory that I even went to a chess summer camp where I was the youngest student. I tagged along with my stepdad to some local chess tournaments. But I never got that good because I didn't deal well with competition. If I made a tiny mistake, I'd get mad at myself and throw the game away. My stepdad would analyze my games with me and say how I was winning at first, but then things went to shit in the end.

I have a better attitude about things these days. My perfectionism has been burned out of me by other things in life. Someday I'll maybe give chess another try, but idk when I'll have time for it because I think I'd get really into it.

Oh, when I was little, my stepdad bought this cool chess software for me so I could practice against bots and do tactics puzzles. Here's a pic of my favorite "set" in that software:

Public

Notices where this attachment appears