I got back into chess via the internet. I work from home using a computer and one day in 2001 I thought - I wonder if I can play chess online? Sure enough I could there were loads of sites. The site I ended up playing on was called InstantChess.com I liked over the others as you did not need to download some clunky application and install it - it was instant. You can play Instantchess.com from any computer anywhere in the world as its browser based.

The problem was I got obsessed with one minute games and became very addicted. In fact I became so addicted my girlfriend nearly dumped me, I ignored my family and friends, stayed up till 3,4,5am most nights, I nearly failed my degree, my work suffered.

I would play probably 4/6 hours a day - I was in a constant state of mental exhaustion, a walking vessel of self perpetuating barely contained rage, sometimes I could not even focus on the board but yet I still kept playing and losing, getting more and more angry.

(below - I played well over 30 thousand 1min games in two years - this was just one username)

 (I gave up 1min chess a few years ago and have not played since as it was destroying my life)