Ok so I know the title says that this post is about smoothies, but
it's actually not. I'm not a smoothie connoisseur, so I pretty much said
everything I wanted to say about smoothies in my last smoothie post. The title
was just clickbait and I'm actually going to talk about CHESS.
Basically, I got into competitive chess 2 years ago sporadically
with a bunch of my friends that I made from college, and with friends I knew
from high school. It was a pretty crazy movement because none of us really knew
anything about chess, besides how to move the pieces. But after a few of us
started getting into it, it seemed like everyone I knew was watching videos
about new strategies and testing them out on each other. The reason why I’m
talking about chess in this post is because I’ve been on a chess hiatus for
about 6 months, after losing about 20 matches in a row and probably raising my
blood pressure in the process. And sure, I was also really busy with finals towards
the end of last spring and with my internships/externships over the summer, but
we’ll glance over that right now. I’ve gotten back into chess recently and
surprisingly, my rank isn’t a ton worse than when I stopped 6 months ago. ANYWAYS,
I’m going to cut this post short so that I can write about chess more in future
random posts that we’ll get assigned (I’ve learned from writing too much
in my last smoothie post…). If anyone wants to play a few games for fun (or for
money), let me know!
Aw, I wouldn't mind reading another blog post about smoothies, regardless of your knowledge. You could've given your opinions on SunLife (although I only say this because I had it this morning. ha ha). Anyways, you did subvert my expectations. I didn't think you would talk about chess because the title's big font diverted my attention from the first paragraph that literally says that you won't talk about smoothies!
ReplyDeleteWow I didn't know that people actually play chess for money. Also, how do you rank yourself? Is there an actual universal ranking or is it just based off of how you think you're doing?
ReplyDeleteSame as Melannie, I don't know that people play chess for money either, but dude, can you really make money from playing chess with people? Btw, I do thought I'm gonna read another smoothies post just like I keep read about boba post from another boba connoisseur :)
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I have tried to learn a chess for couple times, but I hard a hard time remembering all the rules. When I used to live in Boston, I saw bunch of people playing a chess for money outside of coffee shop near Harvard. I heard that good players actually make a good amount of money.
ReplyDeleteWow. You really fooled me there. I thought for sure that you were a smoothie connoisseur! I feel like I've been lied to my entire life.
ReplyDeleteMan, playing you in chess would just be setting myself up to be hussled!
ReplyDeleteIts pretty cool that you took it upon yourself to get good at a really difficult game like chess.
-Daniel
I enjoyed how you started and ended this post. Very well written! I am also a chess player and look forward to beating you (for money)!
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you reeled me in with your title. your clickbait trap really worked as i was going through your blogger I really questioned how much more you could talk about smoothies and clicked on your article. anyways great article on chess we should play once!
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