Chess Master. at Any Age

How one man, tired of languishing in the ditch of chess, rose above it and became a master, after 50! -3rd printing. Reaching a plateau of chess strength after many years of playing, Rolf Wetzell devised new and unusual methods of study. These methods propelled him through several USCF rating classes to achieve his life-long ambition of becoming a chess master.

Rolf Wetzell was born in China to German parents and immigrated to the U.S. in his early teens. With degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northeast University, he worked in the defense industry for 36 years.