"Я люблю грати у шахи."

Translation: I like to play chess.

[Dirtygutta]

Why is it у шахи and not на шахи as in the piano case? :)

[Vinnfred]

у with sports, на with musical instruments

[Shady_arc]

games and sports use у+Acc, musical instruments use на+Locative.

(will work for Russian as well; however, in Russian в and у are different prepositions)

[Vinnfred]

in Russian в and у are different prepositions
This was the source of my great confusion when I was a kid :D Stupid thing, but for some reason I could not understand how "у" can mean something entirely different :)

[JanuszWoro3]

мені теж !

[Carl_Ramrod]

Since "грати" ends in a vowel, shouldn't this be "грати в шахи" for euphony? Or at least shouldn't Duolingo accept the "в" version?

[Jenni7771]

Pronounced sha hi? Like japanese word maybe? ... Like shanghai... Silent g? And silent n..

[JustinMast4]

More like hei or hey, as I understand it. But sometimes it seems to be heh as well.

[Sco11Pup]

'На' isn't needed for 'to play'?