I don’t claim to be any sort of chess wizard, but the following opening sixteen moves to a current game being played over at chess.com show how adept I am at squandering a serious advantage.

(in progress at time of post)In this case I secured the opponent’s queen only to squander my advantage four moves later by surrendering mine.I’m sure mental development in terms of chess peaked because I don’t think I’m any better at chess now than I was fifteen years ago. Oblivious to all angles, too quick to make moves, bad at formulating any sort of plan, and unable to see past my own defense, maybe that’s how I run my life. Perhaps I should quit while I’m behind and relegate myself to war (no offense, War enthusiasts).