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@very-rusty said
What sport is your grandson in?

-VR

He is a good chess player. Whatever he competes in, he makes sure to do his absolute best.

@torunn said
He is a good chess player. Whatever he competes in, he makes sure to do his absolute best.

Nice to hear, does he have a chess rating, or in a Chess club?

-VR

@very-rusty said
Nice to hear, does he have a chess rating, or in a Chess club?

-VR

He plays in a local club where he lives but he has been active on RHP too, years ago.

@torunn said
He plays in a local club where he lives but he has been active on RHP too, years ago.

Then he must have a rating?

-VR

@very-rusty said
Then he must have a rating?

-VR

p1551 11 11 0 0 22 May '13 23:46

He left 2013, after playing 11 games, won 11 and ended p1551, he was 21 then

@torunn said
p1551 11 11 0 0 22 May '13 23:46

He left 2013, after playing 11 games, won 11 and ended p1551, he was 21 then

Young so if he stays playing the game he may be an expert or better someday! 🙂

-VR

@very-rusty said
Young so if he stays playing the game he may be an expert or better someday! 🙂

-VR

He left chess at about that age to do other things, but he introduced me to chess and this site before leaving. He is an active player now.

@torunn said
He left chess at about that age to do other things, but he introduced me to chess and this site before leaving. He is an active player now.

His rating must have went up.

-VR

@very-rusty said
His rating must have went up.

-VR

Go, went, gone. Courtesy of the grammar Stasi. 😉

@very-rusty said
His rating must have went up.

-VR

It has gone up, yes - he is 1900ish, he says.

@moonbus said
Go, went, gone. Courtesy of the grammar Stasi. 😉

My apology for my English not be as good as yours.

-VR

@torunn said
It has gone up, yes - he is 1900ish, he says.

He is almost at Expert level. 🙂

-VR

@very-rusty said
He is almost at Expert level. 🙂

-VR

He is also a good sportsman, polite and correct. 😍

@very-rusty said
I was 5 or 6 when I started playing competitive sports so I guess it is in my blood. I can't see someone not trying their best. Why bother if you aren't going to try your hardest?

-VR

Many kids who could become valedictorians don't because school is so easy they get bored.

@gertrude said
are you saying that a physics professor could not grasp the fundamentals of chess?
hard to believe

Just guessing it might fall beneath the professor's attention threshold.