Hello! I was taught to play chess by a beloved uncle who was a very keen amateur player back in the days of the Fidelity Electronics Chess Challenger machine — which he beat at Level 10! He left its red lights blinking his victory for a week.

I’m just getting into online chess now, having always played OTB/ face-to-face.

I’m a native speaker of English, born in New York. I also speak Romanian, some French, some Russian, some Ukrainian. I now live in Romania, in the beautiful city where my grandmother was born.

I enjoy chess and look forward to playing with others and helping us both improve. I’m especially proud to see more and more women playing chess.

My other hobbies are textile arts, in which I dye, card, and then spin Romania’s beautiful Țigaie wool on my spinning wheel, as well as knitting and weaving. I enjoy cooking, especially with the gorgeous produce from our countryside (like the leurda, aka wild garlic, in the photo below), stained-glass mosaics, and ceramics. I’m still dancing ballet as I have all my life. The arts are a precious gift, a refuge, and a delight in this weary world.

Thank you for playing chess with me!

hand-dyed, handspun wool

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