All About Chess...

Where do I start? How do I chronicle 18 years of chess life in the 20th century? My own life story is quite normal, in fact it's borderline uneventful, but my chess life is full of ups and downs. It's chock-full of intense battles and titanic struggles on a sixty four squared chess board. I learned chess at the age of 15, pretty late by most standards. And as you may have guessed, I became quite passionate about the game. I played A LOT of chess during my free time (in those days I literally ate, breath and dreamt chess), and so I improved quickly. A month later I was almost unbeatable at school (except for one teacher) who beat me 4-1. My First Competition (School Intrams) Having beaten all of my chess-playing schoolmates and majority of my chess-playing teachers during offhand games, I was heavily favored to win. The expectations from my friends and classmates was sky-high! I myself was only aiming for first place. After winning 90% of my games, tragedy struck - I lost th