Bio from Nov. 1997. I don't remember learning to play chess. I do recall playing a few games as a teenager but I was in the service before I took a serious interest. I played in my first tournament when I was 21, in the fall of 1974. Because of work and family interest I only played on a sporadic basis.

I began playing postal chess in the mid 80's as a tool to improve my openings. Instead, I found my thinking time occupied with the middlegame that arises from the openings and with transpositions to the endgame. I try to play each move to the best of my understanding. But, even in postal chess I am sometimes forced to play a move that I cannot predict the outcome.

Postal chess is not about memorizing but about understanding!