i learned chess at age 13 and played a little in high school and with my dad and a couple of friends ..I got started playing Serious blitz chess at age 24 ,,i played serious blitz chess in cambridge Mass, harverd square from 1990-2007 roughly .aprox range of blitz strenth at that time 1850--2100 ..not much chess at all dureing 2008 --2017..this last three years i play a handfull of games daily of consistent chess ,,but hardly ever allot of chess in any given day , i play -,slow ,,rapid,,960,,and blitz at the moment im just on cruise control skill level ,,,i need to do a chunk of re-study of chess books ect ect ,,because my overall skill is kinda stagnant at the moment allthough you see 1924 blitz rateing i commonly , but not consistently ,, defeat up to 2150 blitz players ..i play on lichess.org as well ..Thank you for takeing the time to come to read my bio and sayings on my homepage ,,i hope you found one or two of the philoshophy sayings you could really relate to ? if you have a suggestion for a wise or witty chess saying ? then please leave it thx....I would love to have interesting dialog with you ,,or if your skill level is compatible with mine in one of the chess style catagorys then send me a challenge '',,i wish you intellecually challenging and rewarding fun chess experiances for a long time to come ..''Sincerly---Victor ...