peruh
I was a strong player in my early twenties and played with some of the best Danish players. Unfortunately, I had to choose between chess and an academic study – I was not able to do both, that were both full time activities for me, and I followed the academic way. Since then, I have not seen a chess board until November 2012 – 35 long years. I find chess difficult now, the forgetting curve may be slow, but it is a long break :-)