I've been a Diamond member here since 1986 when I was the Games Editor for Michigan Chess Magazine and reached a 2000 rating.

I discovered that you can watch UTUBE videos of all the important GM games along with Gotham Chess for free. Or if you hate commercials like I do you can watch w/o any commercials for only $8 /month. I enjoy the science videos as well.

I am a retired engineer and enjoying my retirement.

I enjoy playing for fun here, but occasionally I run into a 1400ish player who uses a computer program to play their games. I know cause I used to work as a computer buster at another chess site. There is no glory if you cheat.

Arrakis09