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collections/_posts/2023-12-30-my-journey-as-a-young-club-chess-player.md

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+---
+title: My journey as a young club chess player
+layout: blogpost
+image: chess_young1.jpg
+---
+
+I started playing chess at a very young age.
+
+My father taught me the rules and we used to play using an handmade chessboard we had at home. We were never very good; in fact, we used to hang pieces all the time and play without any structured positional consideration, like every beginner chess player.
+
+I started to win some games in our home disputes and one day, at 13, I showed up in a regional [blitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_chess) tournament. It was a very challenging experience, as I had never experienced the rules of over-the-board chess. [J'adoube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_chess) was something I had never heard and I barely remembered to push the clock after a move. In spite of this, I managed to score 3 out of 7 points. In the world of chess, a win translates to 1 point, a draw to 0.5 points and a loss to 0, so it was not that bad.
+
+![](/assets/blog/chess_young1.jpg)
+*Me at my very first tournament, in Barcelos. My kingside is very weak here, but it was probably left unexploited by my young opponent.*
+
+I was admittelly excited. At the end of the tournament, I was invited by a local club director to join the club's activities, and so my journey as a club chess player began. After some months of attending lessons, I started to gain some positional knowledge and won my very first classical chess games. This was tougher than I expected - I was going against players with much more experience at my age, and my rating was still very low, below 1200. A rough view of the level corresponding to each [ELO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system) rating range can be seen below.
+
+| Rating    | Level        |
+|-----------|--------------|
+| <1200     | Beginner     |
+| 1200-1500 | Amateur      |
+| 1500-1800 | Club         |
+| 1800-2100 | Expert       |
+| 2100-2400 | Master       |
+| 2400+     | Grand Master |
+
+Playing classical over-the-board chess at big, open tournaments became an habit and I got the chance to play against very good players, including the best players in Portugal.
+
+![](/assets/blog/chess_open.jpg)
+*As you start to win some gains in an open [swiss-based](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament) tournament, you are able to play games in nice wood tables like this one and play against very experienced players, with live online transmission.*
+
+Although open tournaments were an extraordinary opportunity to gain experience, at a young age, chess players are able to compete for titles in junior tournaments - spiritually, the highlight of the year. After playing district championships for some years without much luck, in 2019, after losing my first game and free of pressure, I won a game against a much higher rated player and started a streak of winning games to win my first chess title - U18 Braga District Champion.
+
+<iframe width="600" height="371" src="https://lichess.org/study/embed/T3xDPX6G/CC0ii4ii" frameborder=0></iframe>
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+I also had the chance to finish the National School Tournament in the podium later that year.
+
+![](/assets/blog/chess_school.jpg)
+*The team Felgueiras' Secondary School brought to the 2019 School Regionals.*
+
+The next year saw its tournaments cancelled because of the pandemic. After the competition resumed, in 2021, I won the Porto U20 District Championship in my last year as a junior.
+
+![](/assets/blog/chess_u20_trophy.jpg)
+*The beautiful Porto Young District Championship tournament trophy.*
+
+In 2022, no longer a junior, I paused my chess career to focus on college. It was a tough decision to make, given how much I enjoyed to play and teach. I am sure I will return eventually, but until then, chess is alive in my mind.
+
+![](/assets/blog/chess_team.jpg)
+*Chess is also played in teams. My team João de Meira, from Guimarães, playing against A2D, from Famalicão, in 2018. From bottom to top: me, Nuno Martinho, Orlando Ribeiro and Tomás Monteiro.*