" Chess is just a game. My hard-earned recommendation is that you shouldn't take it too seriously unless your specific chess talent is enormous or it's an excellent social lift in your country (an example is India)"
"Apart from certain benefits, the problem with chess and similar mind games is that they are very addictive." GM Andrey Devyatkin
Lacoatrack ( F) f for furniture once received a nice message from the late GM Tony Miles: " "Message 31. TonyM (11:51 16-Oct-00 EDT): Sad isnt it?? I even talk to coatracks... :)" Rest in peace, the ICC GM who was kindest to the furniture.
Mecking is a classic but Rafael Leitao is our best chess player nowadays.
Krikor and Fier have bright future
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1350 | Best | 2150 (24/Oct/2006) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 1638 | Best | 2027 (05/Mar/2019) |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 1255 | Best | 1893 (02/Nov/2006) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1590 | Best | 2134 (17/Jun/2006) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1419 | Best | 1740 (23/May/2007) |
| Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1785 | Best | 1839 (16/Nov/2019) |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1534 | Best | 1654 (18/Feb/2020) |
| Type | Chess960 | Rating | 1030 | Best | |
| Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1626 | Best |