I have a huge chess match coming up and I've been studying a lot of opening theory!
I would have to read a book on that! I have never played chess , it looks very hard to me.
Chess looks hard but once you get the hang of it its very fun! I just started learning about a year ago and I feel like I've made a lot of progress.
Wow, it must take a long time to learn it. Did you ever hear of Paul Morhy? They say he was the greatest chess players ever in the 1800's.r 
Yeah I have heard of him but I prefer watching and reading about modern players such as magnus carlsen. I especially like those who make chess entertainment content like Eric Rosen, Eric Hansen, and Hikaru Nakamura!
I heard Eric Rosen has a lot of you tube videos and instructional videos. Do you ever watch them to learn more? He might have some good ideas for you in your chess competition.
Yeah I watch him all the time. There has been a recent surge in chess content creators and popularity in the past years. It has really been great for all chess players!
I bet you get a lot of good information from that. I also  see that there is a chessLessons website. Maybe someday I can learn. I bet it takes a lot of time though.
If you start learning I reccomend using the website chess.com they have great resources and an online playing community!
That sounds like a great idea. Can you play online chess games to learn?