My name is Joe and live in Wyoming for the time being. I have family in Peru who at this time is the fastest growing nation in South America, economically speaking.

I'm married to a beautiful German-born lady who loves Peruvian food, considered as one of the best in the world after France.

I love the game of chess because it reminds me of life a little bit. Life is full of complexities, the same as chess. One wrong move in life and we pay the consequences. One wrong move in chess, and we may be at disavantage for a long time providing we make all good moves thereafter. If not, we will continue to struggle until the game is over (either way, this applies to life in general also.)

Life and chess are about choices and expertise. In life I face people who oppose my simple faith in a God of pure, innocent love, who gave Himself completely in order to reconcile a world gone mad and on the brink os self-destruction.

I believed in a Savior who chooses to go to the fire for me in order to save me.

As a result of the gift of faith I received, my eyes were opened and my life was changed.

In chess, I imagine that every opponent I have will try to prevent me from getting to my goal which is to overcome an "evil king" who wants to kill my king.

The good neap was is that my King already won the battles of life through His death and resurrection, which means the way is paved for me to overcome an evil king that has already been defeated.

In the course of the game of chess, sacrifices, bad moves or good moves await a good game of chess, but in life, I'm able to recognize that the battle is not mine but the Lord's.

He is my Shepherd and just as He teaches me to make good moves in life, I try to learn how to make good moves in chess to improve my game...

Thank your stopping by to her learn who I am and why I play chess.

May you win more games than losing and discover that in losing, you can be a winner also.

;-)

Good-KnightJoe