Welcome! We're the gathering place on Chess.com for everyone who's picking up the game as a grown-up, after umpty-ump years away from the board. We have our own, unique learning curve, and this is a supportive environment in which we unlearn bad habits, re-learn lost skills, and apply our grown-up cunning to the game. All we ask is that you be at least 21, and picking up the game after at least a ten-year break.