My name is Matthew and i'm passionate about people and differences between everyone.
i am 21 years old, i live in iceland in an appartment by myself, and i have to say i'm someone that enjoys being alone
I used to be stuck into world of warcraft(badgame, stay out of this) for 3 years, i totally tought my life would end and i'd still be playing this, i was so good i did not see anywhere i could go, everything in life was a downside to world of warcraft, so my life was a total mess only cause of this game. i've lost friends, girlfriend, i've broke important relationships in my family. I did not know what else to do of my life outside of working.
I have really poor social skills, and i'm really shy generally, my bad character often comes out as soon as i feel attacked by anyone...
This summer, my cousin came at my appartment with a chess set, and asked me if i wanted to play
I played a game of chess with my him and lost.
i had no knowledge toward chess openings, middlegame tactics, endgame mates, oppositions, i knew NOTHING. i have a huge ego, and i did not accept he beat me at this game.
so 1 night, instead of playing at world of warcraft, i've been on chess.com and started to play against the computer,took 10-15 matches before i finally beat him at medium, and at this instant, i fell in love with the game. I've bought chessmaster, and played online as much as i played wow( 8hours a day)
Into the process, i started to buy books,
to get out of my house to gather informations, club subcriptions.And little by little, i got out of world of warcraft and chess got in my life.
The advantages of this is, that anything i do about my own life is benefic to chess.
and i'm as much addicted to chess i was to world of warcraft. i sold my account 800$us in october and paid off all my debts.
I've been studying it for 6 months so far,i'm now able to CRUSH my cousin and most of all my friends,I subscribed to the chess clubs around where i live,and i play each friday, saturday and thursday all evening, get to know new people and learn a lot about myself.
Chess definitly made my sad and poor life(that was a virtual life) better.
I'm starting to connect with other people, and i feel way more confident talking about chess instead of world of warcaft.
i am now subscribed for my first tournament in january 2009 - i can't wait, and i'm real exited about it.
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if you have any question, feedback or you just want to discuss, i'm open to it.
yourmate@live.ca