re: #515 The Major
Same here-a bunch of us in our Chess Club would have Bridge all-nighters. I still remember winning a 6 No hand cold.
Not only Chess, Go and Bridge but I sure loved playing Diplomacy, Avalon Hill war games all through high school and college. I got good enough at chess that I played in the US Correspondence Champioship. But then RA and Diabetes have now dulled my ability to calculate.