I started playing chess in grade school in Iran. I was never particularly good, but I always enjoyed strategic games and grew up hearing the names of Kasparov and Fischer. I started actively playing chess some 25 years later after I discovered this website during residency. There hasn't been a whole lot of progress, but a lot of fun nevertheless!

Until you add the "real" flag of Iran, I will play under my adopted country of residence the great United States of A.

Update: Thankfully there is less obvious cheating above 1300 levels! after close to 14000 games, I think it's getting kind of easy to recognize those patterns. If you play a 40 move game and your accuracy is above 95% chances are you got some help!

Dr_Sherv