Partly because I have a terrible memory
I make a big year overview of all the nice, wonderful, interesting that happened last year. Usually I will stick some papers together and with coloured pencils write / draw events in (looking back in my agenda and notebook) then add positive associations and people involved
One of the things that is definitely going in for 2023 is creating and teaching a seminar on effect research of games
What would be one of your things of 2023?
#joinin #overview
I'd be interested to read any research you produce about games.
For myself, I became a State Chess Champion this year, meeting a load of nice people while doing it 🙂
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@chestas @priscillaharing ooh congrats! That’s excellent.
Thanks, I moved from Victoria which has a bigger pool of stronger players, so was probably the favourite but it still felt great to win the title
@chestas @aarblaster I can imagine - I'm just really happy if I can win from my husband (which I did last night) as we are about equally not so great at chess 😋
I've been playing competitively for nearly 50 years, first in England, then Australia after I emigrated in 2005. I guess chess is really a part of me
@chestas @aarblaster are you professional chesser or is there also a day job?
I teach chess in schools and privately. I've been doing this since I moved to Australia
@chestas @aarblaster in the Netherlands I hear chess is immensely popular in high school since the Queen's Gambit - is it like that over there too?
Not so much I think. I haven't seen that much publicised explosion, though I don't know about online players from Australia.
Btw, I played a tournament in Amsterdam in about 1989, and still have some friends there who I keep in touch with