One of the reasons why the rate of appearance in this blog has seriously idle is my participation in tournaments of JACS (association of chess players by mail) a member of the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation).
It is indeed a very hard discipline it is always a real mano a mano, a duel that reminds me of the great duels of the Tour de France as above the duel in the Poulidor Anquetil Puy de Dome.
I invite you to try at least one season to the JACS (above the acronyms and the review).
For my part I train a lot more chess than I did when when I was a cyclist or climber.
I affirm that I played three sports in chess is that I am most invested and it is chess that discipline was the most challenging for me. I
up to 30 hours of training per week (but my average is rather 15 hours).