Assignment #21- Ezra Mulalic- chess

Whenever I was in the third grade, I used to go to the Eagle Creek library pretty often, and after school they would have chess games and some on the weekend. It took me a little while to understand how to play the game, like how the pieces move and the layout of the pieces go, and when I finally understood how the game worked I was hooked on it. I kept returning to get more experience and hopefully get that sweeet taste of victory. After about a week I finally got my first win against another one of the kids there that was about my age, and I was hooked on the idea of winning. I kept playing and playing winning and losing, mainly losing, and after a couple weeks I heard of a chess tournament there were going to have on a Saturday there. This got me excited and I started playing chess everywhere I could to get the most experience. I was preparing to get this victory in the tournament, I couldn't possible take a loss. When the tournament day came, I woke up early and I felt sure I was going to win. I went to the tournament, beat the first person and lost immediately after that. I was devasted and it really ruined my chess progression. Since then I haven't had the same passion for the game, but maybe one day the passion will be returned.