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Did your high school have a chess club?
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:00 am
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:00 am
You see these all the time in movies. “Member of chess club.” But weirdly, in my rural Mississippi high school, we didn’t have one. I just played against the computer in Windows XP whenever I wanted to play.
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Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:02 am to UndercoverBryologist
Yes
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:44 am to UndercoverBryologist
Yep
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:46 am to UndercoverBryologist
We had one in middle school, but I don’t remember one in high school
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:47 am to UndercoverBryologist
Students at our school weren’t that smart…..
We had a checkers club.
We had a checkers club.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:51 am to Box Geauxrilla
quote:
We had one in middle school, but I don’t remember one in high school
In my Freshman year, the school computer lab got updated with machines running Windows XP. That Chess game that came built-in more or less satiated any competitive urges of any chess enthusiast my school might’ve had.
But, then again, most of my friends played the Pinball Windows XP game, so I might’ve been the only chess enthusiast in the entire school.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:53 am to Spawn
We had one of these...
Most couldn't grasp the concept.
Here is our high school best player...
As you can see, she made a fatal move and lost this match.
Most couldn't grasp the concept.
Here is our high school best player...
As you can see, she made a fatal move and lost this match.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 10:58 am to UndercoverBryologist
Yes and bowling and AV and a Latin club. And it was a public school where a teacher got shot my freshman year
Posted on 6/5/22 at 11:14 am to UndercoverBryologist
Yes
Posted on 6/5/22 at 11:16 am to UndercoverBryologist
Nope, not even close! 
Posted on 6/5/22 at 11:18 am to UndercoverBryologist
Yes, but it was "order pizza and pretend to play Chess club."
Posted on 6/5/22 at 11:33 am to UndercoverBryologist
Posted on 6/5/22 at 11:36 am to UndercoverBryologist
Back in the late 60s - nah.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 3:16 pm to UndercoverBryologist
High school Chess clubs/teams are common in the Houston area. Offer varsity letters. My college in Houston offered a chess club and varsity letters.
This post was edited on 6/5/22 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 6/5/22 at 3:17 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I didn’t know there were high schools that don’t have a Chess club.
Aside from really shitty public ones.
Aside from really shitty public ones.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 3:17 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I graduated w 70 people in rural Oklahoma. I’d be very surprised if there 10 people in the whole school that even knew how to play chess
Posted on 6/5/22 at 3:20 pm to UndercoverBryologist
A lot of HSs have chess clubs, or at least used to before the advent of PCs (I can't speak for now).
But that never seemed to lead to an overall increase in popularity for chess -- clearly the kids stop playing when they get out of school
But that never seemed to lead to an overall increase in popularity for chess -- clearly the kids stop playing when they get out of school
Posted on 6/5/22 at 3:20 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Yes
Posted on 6/5/22 at 3:21 pm to UndercoverBryologist
No, but I wish we had had one! I’m very into chess now and play every day.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 3:27 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Yes. It was a lot of fun.
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