"Chess is eminently & emphatically the philosopher's game."
~Paul Morphy

Presenting... the "Mad Hatter" of chess 🧐
Has anyone seen my marbles?

USCF rating (ID# 14141044)
Regular: 1182
Quick: 1279
Blitz: 1129
Correspondence: 1486
FIDE rating: unrated

Peak correspondence chess rating by server:
chess.com - 1886
lichess.org - 1982
"Chess by Post" app - 2442
RHP - 1632 (recent best as of 12/6/21)

Patience is paramount to careful & considerate thought.

Word of warning (or encouragement)...
Most of my losses are timeouts... smh 😒

"When you are lonely.  When you feel yourself an alien in the world.  Play chess.  This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war."
~Aristotle

“To know ten thousand things, know one well.”
“The important thing in strategy is to suppress the enemy's useful actions but allow his useless actions.”
“To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy.”
~Miyamoto Musashi "A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy"

The player who controls the developmental tempo controls the game.

"Some things may only be learned from sacrifice."
~Kreia "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords"

The aesthetically elegant game wins most gracefully and often.

Chess is simple; Life is hard.

Inspirations:
Paul Charles Morphy
Robert James Fischer
Emanuel Lasker
José Raúl Capablanca
Magnus Carlsen
Wilhelm Steinitz
Akiba Rubinstein
Aron Nimzovich
Tigran Petrosian
Siegbert Tarrasch

"In chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated."
~Emanuel Lasker

"The hardest thing in chess is to win a won game."
~Frank Marshall

"Nothing eases suffering like human touch."
~Bobby Fischer's last words