#but no apparently i was good??? enough that two different chess teachers saw potential in me??? what the fuck

[silentsockfeet]

i’m watching the queens gambit with my parents and my mom just told me that when i was younger she took me to see a chess teacher and he told her that he thought i was good enough to play competitively????

#there is. a LOT to unpack here #1) i don’t remember this AT ALL. the only chess teacher i remember was the one who ran the club at my elementary school #but she said it was a different dude? #and she only brought me to the different dude bc my old teacher told her he ALSO thought i was super good and she wanted a second opinion #2) i HATED chess as a kid and didn’t grow to like it til i got wayyy older #3) i thought i was horrible at chess? like i don’t have the patience for it #but no apparently i was good??? enough that two different chess teachers saw potential in me??? what the fuck #this is SO random sorry i mostly just wanted to write this down somewhere so i could find it later #anyways can u imagine me as a chess player lol. i sure can’t #personal