chess improvement: February 2021

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

The Intense Ardor of Chess Tempo, Tactics and Endings

For reasons, exogenous to chess, I am back here. For the last two years, I have been assiduous, at ChessTempo.com.

Richard has done a great job and encouraged me, and helped me, many times. I am variously anywhere from first to tenth in the world, out of 3,000 or so for tactics, and high rankings in endings. Benchmark is the best. Stunner. Amazing tool. Addicted to later!

Name: transformation

Location: Tacoma-Seattle, Washington, United States

Born in New Jersey and educated in New York, after practicing architecture, I lived in a zen temple in Korea, did a long stint on Wall Street as a Senior Broker, studied with a guru who lived with Maharishi in India, did a gigantic stint at a big box retailer in building materials. * Most recently was running a Cloud Computing start-up in NJ, but starting over here in Tacoma where people are very nice, and where--aside from out of mainstream urbanism--I love the weather. * Me? I try to be pretty straightforward in my conduct. In 2012 worked for a crazy big company, and wonder why, but what is it called, a market. * I am not easily forgotten. Vanity? Yes. But it is also true that the older I get, the less can I be ignored. I have things to say, and say them. Take it or leave it, I am who I am. I have paid my dues. I have done my time.

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