PLAYING CHESS

0 In your last letter you asked me to tell you why I like playing

00 chess so much. Well, I nevertheless think it is because chess gives

me a feeling of the excitement. I am quite competitive and like

me challenge of playing one-to-one. It gets intense sometimes;

in a game you can get extremely nervous and excited and have all

sorts of emotions. If I have played such a good player, put up

a good fight and lost, then that is too satisfying, but it is always

better than to win! There is also a good social side to chess. I

have made lots of friends at playing in competitions across

Europe. It is really interesting seeing cultures more different from

mine and trying to practise other languages! Now I play most of

weekends and holidays, but I do not know for certain if I will continue

to take part in competitions. During the last couple of years while I

have had more schoolwork, in which makes life more difficult. You

have got to be an extremely ,good player for chess to be so financially

worthwhile. However, I would like recommend it as a hobby to

anyone. If you are interested, you should to join a chess club at once.

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