Here is a really nice article about the age effect on chess that Peter Lattimore shared with me. My take away from the article is that some of us older students of chess can still learn, we just have to work harder!
Age Effects on Chess
by Greg Stricklin | May 16, 2016 | 1 comment
This is in response to 05-16-16 Age Effects on Chess. I was curious in my retirement to see how much I could improve, being in my 60’s and having been a Class B player most of my life. I took advice and some lessons from GM Melik Khachiyan as well as lessons, a lot of arguing, and mostly good inspiration from Kenny Lopez in order to improve my game. Using rating as a measuring stick, along with dedication to study, in three years I went from USCF 1612 to my high in USCF of 1845 and a FIDE rating of 1829. In tournaments I can tell that younger minds go faster, but with hard work preparing and hard work over the board, one can have positive results…..even in old age.