I have not played since high school 30 years ago but my friend from high school told me about this site so here I am, probably a bit rusty but I still remember... how to move the pieces lol!
I work in IT as a programmer/analyst and started playing at 10 years old, our team finished 3rd in the province in Nova Scotia.
*** Interesting fact Chess comes from Camel, Horse, Elephant and Soldiers - invented in India long time ago.
*** Interesting fact 2: there are move possible moves/positions in chess than there are stars in the universe or even atoms which is mind boggling
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