Before joining RHP have not played chess for years - am thouroughly enjoying getting back into it. Although originally from Wales, am now living and working in sunny Mombasa Kenya ;-). I will respect vacation settings and ask the same of my opponents - but hey if you feel you need to take games that way, then Karibu Sana as they say in this neck of the woods......
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