I didn't even know this existed, I learned to play when I was three or four and I was really good for my age, slaughter my uncles to the point where they would get angry, although I don't think I'm good for my age anymore, I'm just too damn old...
I used to also play in school, because on Wednesdays, the chess club had to share the room with all the kids in detention, so I used to make sure to get in trouble Wednesdays, so I could play chess without letting the bullies know that I was secretly a nerd.