About

Hi there! My name is Tony and I’m an Engineering Manager living in Canada. I recently started playing chess and fell in love with the game. So I decided to create this site to document a challenge I’ve set for myself: can I become good at chess despite starting in my 40s?

I believe that improvement is more possible than commonly assumed. Conventional wisdom suggests that if you don’t start young, your potential is severely limited, but I think it’s worth challenging that notion to some degree. That said, I know this will be a very difficult journey.

Subscribe to follow along and see whether I succeed or fall short with this chess experiment. Either way, I’ll share what works and what doesn’t as I push for radical chess improvement.

My promise to you is to be as candid and transparent as possible throughout this journey. As I learn, I aim to make this site increasingly educational and useful; hopefully, even a source of inspiration for people of all ages to pick up this wonderful game.

To find out more about my starting point, chess stats, and background, check out my first post below.