@srinikamathur said in #1:
> We'll share our school stories here, whether we are in school currently or not.
>
> I'm a terrible chess player, but last year, in November, I won a 1st place trophy in a girls 20 schools competition.
> That changed my school life.
> In class, our Computers sir asked us, "Tell me any one female chess GM!"
> The whole class's reaction?
> They pointed towards me. I was so embarrassed like, dude, I won only ONE trophy!
>
> It happened a month ago.
>
> Share your experiences! Looking forward to reading! It can even be happy and joyful experiences.
I'm still in school, and, tbh, I was really bad at chess (about 5 year ago). Once, our school held a tournament and, to my surprise, i won 2nd place, just behind our school chess champion, who is now rated 1700 and defeated me in the last round. I was shocked to have got even 2nd place! I mean, I must be like 700 on lichess that time. I played really poor. I hated chess.
Now, I'm rated 1084. Look at the transition from over 5 years ago to now! I can't go a day without chess!
> We'll share our school stories here, whether we are in school currently or not.
>
> I'm a terrible chess player, but last year, in November, I won a 1st place trophy in a girls 20 schools competition.
> That changed my school life.
> In class, our Computers sir asked us, "Tell me any one female chess GM!"
> The whole class's reaction?
> They pointed towards me. I was so embarrassed like, dude, I won only ONE trophy!
>
> It happened a month ago.
>
> Share your experiences! Looking forward to reading! It can even be happy and joyful experiences.
I'm still in school, and, tbh, I was really bad at chess (about 5 year ago). Once, our school held a tournament and, to my surprise, i won 2nd place, just behind our school chess champion, who is now rated 1700 and defeated me in the last round. I was shocked to have got even 2nd place! I mean, I must be like 700 on lichess that time. I played really poor. I hated chess.
Now, I'm rated 1084. Look at the transition from over 5 years ago to now! I can't go a day without chess!