Agustin

My name is Rodolfo Agustin (Gus) D'Onofrio, I'm 35 and I come from Argentina.

I used to play some Chess at a respectable level till I was 14. Then I stopped playing for 20 years. I'm now starting to play again at BHCC and also at Free Online Chess (user Agustin).

I'm trying to play at the level I used to play 20 years ago, but so far I'm failing miserably. I used to play very strong openings and now I usually mess up in the first moves. I need to study the theory again. I can't give a decent game to most players, and it doesn't feel good.

Something I can still do is play reasonably good end games from even positions. The problem is that by the time I get to the end game, my positions are no longer even.

If I can manage the humilliation of losing most of the games I play for a while, may be in a couple of years I'll get some acceptable results and regain my long lost confidence.

Finally, a recommendation for all fellow players: if and when you take a break just try to make it shorter than 20 years.

Looking forward to playing you all and learning again!!!!

Gus

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Trying to blunder a little less, but failing miserably...

Just2Good

Really? I once lost to someone named Ly Mouthun, he was 11 years old at the time. I found the experience of losing to someone so young to be quite unsettling!

Anyway, welcome to OzChess! We are glad to have you.

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Bill Gletsos

You keep getting his name wrong.

It is Moulthun not Mouthun and Ly is his surname.

Calvin

Isn't he is a very strong player though?

Just2Good

Are you the spelling police? I thought that was Kevin's job

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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

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