Above is a recent game that I played against a player of similar rankings as myself on Chess.com. As a new player I have found that checkmates are very rare in the middle game and tend to be achieved by overwhelming material advantages in the e...
Hello, my name is Mark and it's been nearly 35 years since I last played chess ! This is absolutely true - I played a little with a father of a friend when I was 16 and have not played a game of chess until a just over a month ago. Not really a lo...
Just started playing chess again after nearly 35yrs off 
I will write about anything and everything from the point of view of a returning player.
