Would you say that chess is a hard game to learn?

I believe that the people that play chess would like the rest of the world to think is is intellectuals and intelligent to play chess. Very distinguished people...LOL!!! The two people i know that play are no more distingushed or intelligent intellectuals than you or i. My nine yr old granson is learning to play. And secretly i believe my granson has more distingushed intellectual intelligents than the other two i know who play. Learn it!!!

chess is not a hard game to play but the strategies involved makes it a hard game for everyone, planning your winning strategy is much more difficult than learning the game itself and the smarter you are on the chess board the more games you tend to win

Hi BambooPanda it's never to late to learn anything if you have an interest to learn it. Chess is easy to learn even though people have a perception it is difficult. I taught my son to play when he was six and couldn't judge if he was skilled at it when he only played against me but then one day he had a game with an 80 year old man, an historian, who has been playing chess all his life, and they reached a draw, so I realised he must have developed a skill. I love to see the children playing chess together in the tavernas on hot evenings as it shows that electronic games have still left room for the more traditional ones. The national game is backgammon so it's great to see a new generation of chess players springing up.

That is true. It is difficult in the beginning. You have to wait a lot before you start winning any game of chess convincingly. Chess is not like a team game or sport where you can manage when other team mates do well even if you fail. There are many subtle things are involved in chess which one need to know before getting good results. I know many people quit it because they can't stand the beat that they take! And Chess is rightly or falsely regarded as something that indicates a person's wit. You can read the headlines in magazines "A outwits B" etc. This is also one of the reason why people quit. People can accept a defeat which is depended on physical strength but accepting that you are low in wisdom than the other player hutrs a lot. So many quit playing. I too felt disheartened to lose so many games in the beginning but I kept saying myself "If you quit, you will never win a game of chess again in life" which inspired me to go on. Later on I beat all those people who used to beat me in the beginning. Now I play online and plan to play in rated tournaments. Many discouraged me saying you are already old but I didn't care. I enjoy playing so what age has to do with? I have a blog on chess: chessbeat.blogspot you can have a look. If you want to refer some nice chess sites you will get all that information on that blog. With right training a beginner can become a very strong player within two months! Happy Mylotting!

Yeah if you are interested in it why not to learn ? You can go to a class , or you can learn from TV programs . Or you can even buy some books for guidance . After that you can play chess with others to improve yourself . i cann't play chess either . but i'm fond of jumping chess . When i was a small girl i often play by myself , very serious.

No doubt chess is hard game but any other game is as hard to learn as chess. Chess involves only mental presence but as compared other games requires both physical and mental strength of players. So I think chess is less hard to learn and play as compared to other games.

If you like to figure things out.If you like to think a few steps ahead.You know,"If I do this,then this will happen."Then chess is the game for you.I thought chess was complicated but it isn't really.It is a little tricky.I taught myself the basics.I learned by reading a book about chess for children.The rules were plainly written and there were pictures.So if you think you would like chess,try it.Go to your local library and check out some chess books for kids.

no its not, its a clever game.they said if you're not that brainy then dont you are not for that game. whew! you have always to think and learned each move you make and the move of your opponent. but still practice makes perfect. why not trying to indulge such game and explore and of course you will have fun.

Chess is neither hard not easy. You can pick up the basics fairly easily, but there are so many levels you can play at depending on how good you are. You have to think in three dimensions somewhat. As it is not a simple game, intelligence can give you an edge. Having said that, I am not sure why you will not play just because there are people better than you are when you start. Is that not true of a lot of sports, not everyone is a tennis pro, but that is no reason you cannot enjoy playing a game. My goodness if we too that attitude as a child we would never have learned to walk. Look at all these people who can walk better than I can. You can decide to sit on your diapered @$$ all your life or can take the struggles and falls to learn how to walk. It is up to you.

Chess is an easy game to learn but very hard to master it.One can easily learn chess if he knows how each and every piece should be moved.But then comes the strategies of openings and the style which makes the game difficult for a beginner.One should have a great memory power and lot of patience to master the game.Yet it is an interesting game and you should learn it for the fun at least.Cheers!

I believe it isn't hard to learn. I remember my classmate before (he taught me how to play chess). The moves and rules are quite easy to memorize. However, the strategy for winning the game can be quite hard especially when your opponent is a chess master. So yeah, my opinion is that chess is easy to learn but hard to win. But with patient and practice, the word "hard" will be omitted as time pass.

My dad is quite good at chess, he taught me and my sister to play so im not too bad at it. My sister hates losing, and shes usually always beating me at anything mental because she is smarted than me. And i beat her at anything pysical because i am stronger. But i always beat her at chess and she got so angry! I would litterally have no plan and just think "Hmmm i move this one here" and she will be going crazy cos ive just ruined her whole strategic plan! I think it would definatly be something worth learning for you. Yes, can be incredibly boring! but still can be great fun if you play with someone fun and good!

No not at all. Chess is not a difficult game to learn. Actually i've learned how to play chess in just 2 days from my elder sister. She taught me playing chess very easily without any problem. And i followed a simple rule that i'm my own competitor. So i used to sit alone in a room and played chess from both sides without cheating and try to win from both the sides.This actually helped me to develop strategies how i could win the game if i face such a condition. So try to learn it. Its easy and Best of Luck to you..........

Yes try to learn the chess game. It will help your intelectual capacity develop. If you were a slow learner please have patience to study and learn. Chess games in not only for intelligent people or for old people in the park. It is for everyone who is interested to know how to play. It will help you to practice you reasoning power, systematic and analitical way of thinking. Yes it true if you a first learner some people will make huff and puff on you. But ignore them your better than they are.

Learning the basics of chess should be picked up easily with a simple explanation..the names of the pieces,their starting positions,how they can and cannot be moved on the board,etc..It would be the strategy of chess that can take a long time to master! there have to be chess tutors and programs available online to let you see what the game is about

I don't think it is all that hard to learn, but to be good at it takes a lot of time in my opinion. I learned to play at a young age, out of curiosity. I didn't really keep it up over the years, so I still remember the basics, but it takes me forever to figure out what it going on and where to go next, when I play now, because I have to think back and remember strategy. And I am hardly what you would consider distinguished or intellectual.....

I would guess it would depend on the person. I have never learned to play chess and people have tried to teach me but I always thought of it as being difficult. I don't know if it really is or if I am just not interested. I have 4 children all under the age of 11 and 3 of them know how to play chess and seem to enjoy it.

I didn't find it hard to learn at all....remembering it though after quite a bit of time? DIFFICULT! I would need a refresher course lol.

i'd have to say yes, chess is a hard game to learn. but i know the reasons: am an impatient person and waiting for the opponent to make his turn would certainly zonk me out. also, it is such a quiet game and i see no fun in that. besides, you always have to try to learn new moves...

Chess is one of the easiest game to learn. I learned chess from my friend when i was twelve. You can easily learn the basic moves and aim of the game in less than 30 minutes. And as you start playing you will automatically get the tricks and ideas to win the game when you become involved in it.