To all of you here at Red Hot Pawn, I'd like to say "thank you". My chess things have been sold, and after 27 years of OTB and Correspondence Chess I must go. Once I played at the 1800 level, now the competitive drive (and most of my skills) have faded. Ego will not allow me to compete if I cannot play well. To Robbie, Green Pawn, and all of you...thanks for the memories!

Most Sincerely - bill718🙂

Fortiter Et Recte

Originally posted by bill718
To all of you here at Red Hot Pawn, I'd like to say "thank you". My chess things have been sold, and after 27 years of OTB and Correspondence Chess I must go. Once I played at the 1800 level, now the competitive drive (and most of my skills) have faded. Ego will not allow me to compete if I cannot play well. To Robbie, Green Pawn, and all of you...thanks for the memories!

Most Sincerely - bill718🙂

Fortiter Et Recte

Hi Bill

You will be back. You can leave the game but the game never leaves you.

Good Luck

Geoff

You're gonna need a support group or something if you want to quit chess..

Originally posted by bill718
To all of you here at Red Hot Pawn, I'd like to say "thank you". My chess things have been sold, and after 27 years of OTB and Correspondence Chess I must go. Once I played at the 1800 level, now the competitive drive (and most of my skills) have faded. Ego will not allow me to compete if I cannot play well. To Robbie, Green Pawn, and all of you...thanks for the memories!

Most Sincerely - bill718🙂

Fortiter Et Recte

Yep, I know from experience. As the Eagles song goes, "You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave!"

Salve and vale! Bravely and rightly done, Bill. My time will be coming soon, too. And I will remember you and all of us, who in time will have to say farewell to playing a great game that we all love so much. Take care and aloha, Vince123

Live long & prosper 🙂