About Me

I was born in 1956, and have spent my career in the IT industry, the last 30 years in various management roles.

In the early 80's I played club chess for a couple of years, but gave it up for work and family reasons. I then turned to Correspondence Chess, So far, I have played more than 1000 CC games, and I achieved the IM title in 2019.

After retiring from work, I decided to take up OTB chess again. I had completely forgotten how fun it is, but also how hard it is.

Taking up OTB was hard because it's an entirely different game compared to CC. In ICCF CC games, chess engines are allowed. Most people at least check their moves for blunders using Stockfish before sending them, others let Stockfish suggest candidate moves. That means that mistakes are very rare in CC, and nearly every game ends in a draw.

Also, in CC you don't have to memorise opening lines, you'll just look them up as you go. Instead, the opening struggle is all about getting to a middlegame postion you're familiar with. 

My first lessons OTB were: (1) - I make a lot of mistakes, and (2) - I don't know my openings. As for openings, I have homework to do. My plan to reduce mistakes is to study them. That's what this blog is about.

Contact

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My local Chess Club (in Swedish)