carpon
Ron Langworthy
Fort Fairfield, Maine, United States 
Member Since: Mar 4, 2009
Last Login: Nov 25, 2009
Profile Views: 131
Points: 33
Birthday: Mar 4, 1947
About Me:
I was taught chess by a 13 yr old girl while visiting in Great Bend, Kansas, just after I completed a bachelor's degree. Then I didn't play again until I was in my mid fifties. I went through a period of mild obsession with it, as much as you can with children and a demanding job. I bought a bunch of books and read them. My family doesn't like it because it requires concentration, which removes me from the melee, but that's partly what I like about it. Mainly I love puzzles and chess is the supreme puzzle game.
Submitted by
carpon on Apr 29, 2009 1:37pm.
TT is okay if you want to play speed chess but for me it's pretty annoying to get the problem right and lose points because the average is faster than me. Or I'll get it wrong, losing max points because I'm not taking it all in due to concern with sp...Read more »