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DS5 won 2 games and lost 1 recently at a tournament. I'm actually rather pleased that he lost. He can't win all the time.

We are lucky to live in an area with a very vibrant chess scene. There is no shortage of good chess players for my DS to play, even in K-1! (We have 1st graders rated in the high 900s locally, and if DS were to "play up" in my city's scholastic tournaments, he could eventually face kids with ratings up to 1900. I've been really impressed by the turnout at the tournament and the intensity of some, though not all, competitors.) I can understand how it would be a lot harder if we lived somewhere without this culture.

mithawk, I sent you a PM with a chess tournament question.

That may something many fathers do, but it needs to be kept in bounds. I do think it would be neat if my daughter were nationally competitive (either overall or among females). She is a bit more serious about the game than my boys and asks me to rehearse chess openings.

My eldest son's programming knowledge and ambition is growing by the day. Will he start a company some day? He'll be thrilled when I get him a MacBook.

I'm not going to win any more chess titles or found a tech start-up ...