My favorite indoor game is not video games not computer games and It is chess. I have been playing chess since I was three. I love playing chess. When I was nine I could beat every one I knew. In the summer of 2006 I started going to a chess camp. When school started again I went to a high school to play chess.
I started learning how to play chess two weeks before I turned four so, I was still considered three. I remember that I was sitting on the floor, because I was too short to sit on any of the tables and I didn’t want to sit high up because I may drop one of the pieces. The rug’s red design and in the middle there was a diamond with curved edges the out side was bordered with abstract flowers. The square carpet was soft as a lion’s fur and sturdy as a table. I remember me wanting to get the marble chess board, but it was so heavy I would not be able to hold the weight. I remember asking how every thing moved and how many pieces there were and how many white squares and black squares there were and I also had no idea how to play and I had no idea what do. I was groaning, because there were too many pieces and they all did different things. I was sure that I could not learn how to play chess. So then my dad told me that I only had to learn one piece a day. He told me that there were eight ponds and then there were two castles two horses two knights one queen and one king there was a total of sixteen pieces on one side thirty two full pieces and sixty four squares. He then told me that in less then a week I would learn the game of chess. So each day I learned a new piece. On the first day I learned what the pond was and how it moved. On the second day I learned how to use the bishop on the third day I learned how to use the castle. Then on the fourth day I asked “Which one is the pond.” while holding up the bishop and the castle. My dad pointed to the pond on the floor and laughed. Then I relearned the pieces actually knowing them this time. Finally, I...