I exited chess.com and deleted the damned account because I was getting obsessed with chess. My rating, which hovered around 1200 - on good days it would climb to the upper 1300s but on other days it would plunge below 1100. I would keep losing, on some days, to people whose ratings were way lower than mine but who would totally whup me. This began to cause depression. I would go around morose, snapping at people for no reason, which was fine but then I found myself snapping at my wife, an angel in human form, possessing the kindest heart and great love for me, as also a pretty fierce temper and I realized chess had to go. I've been straight for about a year now, and only play chess in person, which is mostly with Amit Varma, whenever we meet. He usually whups me but every now and then, he becomes overconfident and gives me time odds and then I draw, or very very occasionally, win
I still love chess though, and derive much joy from chess studies and tactical puzzles. I keep posting whatever I find interesting on my Twitter or Facebook. Hope to meet you and play in person. If you ever find yourself in Bombay, holler Cheers On 4 August 2016 at 08:20, Venkat Mangudi - Silk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 4 August 2016, Shenoy N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I run a small metal parts manufacturing factory in Mumbai and spend my > > free time listening to hindustani classical music (Mallikarjun Mansur > being > > my all time favorite) and following chess with manic passion, despite > being > > completely hopeless at it. > > > Chess.... Nice. Do you play on chess.com? If you don't, you should. If you > are, I'm easy to find. Let's play. > > Venkatmangudi on chess.com > -- Narendra Shenoy http://narendrashenoy.blogspot.com
