How To Learn Chess As An Adult (or, how I went from 300 to 1500 ELO in 9 months) — Alex CromptonLike most people, late last year I watched the Queen's Gambit. Like most people, I made a Chess.com account assuming I’d become the new Beth Harmon. Unfortunately, more than literally almost everyone, I sucked at chess. At first, this was unsurprising: I only vaguely knew what the pieces did, and didn't know more complicated rules like castling. But I'm a smart guy (hi white male privilege). If I
