I learn how to play chess in highschool with a friend sitting at lunch. I barely learn how to play just how the pieces move and barely play. Never play again until like 10 more years in June 2010 when I join chess.com. My favorite openings are E4 and NF3, and use the Sicilian Defense often. I found chess to be a mental exercise with it endless possibilities and a great break from the every day. I can beat opponents that are 100 to 200 higher than my rating if I take it seriously and spend much times on it, other that I'm a fast thinker move person because I play many games which I think help me improve my blitz games. If you like to play me, feel free to challenge.
Best wishes!
Mike
"The Secret of Immortality (longevity) is to be found in purification of the heart, in meditation, in realization of the Self(Soul) within, and Brahman without. For immortality is Union With God." - Upanishad, Breath of the Eternal
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Sadhana - The Realization Of Life
"This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his Soul (Self), the key that which he open the gates of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom."
"By the process of knowledge we can never know the infinite being. But if he is altogether beyond our reach, then he is absolutely nothing to us. The truth is that we know him not, yet we know him."
Listen to your spirit...
Listen to your soul...
DO YOU KNOW THE MUSIC HIDDEN WITHIN AND WITHOUT?...