I was gifted a chessboard a few months ago by a friend and even though I appreciated the gift there was one major problem; I couldn’t play chess.
Due to that factor, the chessboard simply sat at one corner of my house and would sometimes be played by my nephews when they visited while I watched but I still didn’t learn how to play until a few days back.
My chess learning journey started when I had a conversation with 
The day after that conversation, I was determined to learn so I asked my brother and nephew to teach me the basics of chess at least.
The lesson started with them teaching me how to place the pieces on the board which I already knew but it was still good to learn and then they continued by teaching me certain movements that can be made by each individual chess piece.
At this point, I was a bit confused but after seeing them play, I quickly picked up and went from theory into practice.
My first match was tragic as I had pretty much no tactics and just went with the flow but after that, I got better even though I didn’t win.
At the end of the day, I feel like I have learned a lot and maybe in a few months, I would be able to take
As a lover of board games, I have always wanted to learn chess but didn’t so I am grateful that I was motivated to finally learn just in time for Ragnarok.