My hobby is playing chess one of the greatest games in the world. My mum taught me how to
play when I was seven years old. She beat me every time for the first year. But then, on my eighth
birthday, I won for the first time. Now I am always the winner between us. It takes about a day to learn the rules. but if you want to be good ,you have to practice for years.
You don't need much to play chess—just a chess set and someone to play with. Chess sets can be very
cheap, or quite expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a hobby, but I as to play.
There is a chess club in our school. We meet every week to play with each other. I am the best player
in the club , and the captain of the school chess team. This year we won the all England schools'
championship(冠军). I had to go up on stage (台子). in front of the whole school to collect the
prize. I'm saving up my money to buy a chess computer . It's very good for practice. That way I'll always have
someone to play with, and I'm sure I'll make more progress.