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Minnesota Closed, Bobby Fischer Blitz, Okoboji Open Submitted by Fins0905 on April 30, 2012 8:59pm.
Immediately after returning from Iceland I flew to my home state to take part in the Minnesota Closed Championship (Mar. 16-18). The MN Closed is a six-player round-robin that determines the official State Champion. I qualified based on my performanc...Read more »
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Minnesota Closed, Bobby Fischer Blitz, Okoboji Open

Submitted by Fins0905 on April 30, 2012 8:59pm.

Immediately after returning from Iceland I flew to my home state to take part in the Minnesota Closed Championship (Mar. 16-18). The MN Closed is a six-player round-robin that determines the official State Champion. I qualified based on my performanc...Read more »

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Avg. Opp.:	1996
Total Games:	628 (530 W/ 86 L / 12 D)

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2394

Highest:	2426 (Apr 7, 2012)
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Avg. Opp.:	1988
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Best Win:	2380 (COcowboy)
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Timeouts:	0% (last 90 days)
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Member Since: Feb 11, 2009
Last Login: May 24, 2012
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Hey chess.com users! I'm John. International Master, FIDE 2442, USCF 2502.

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Opponent	Game	# Moves	Time Left
Boocho	Sicilian Training Game #3 - Unrated	2	3 days
Boocho	Sicilian Training Game #2 - Unrated	2	3 days
Boocho	Sicilian Training Game #1 - Unrated	2	3 days
atrain1270	Let's Play!	16	3 days
andystraw	English Opening - Round 1	7	3 days
FM Soilsurf	English Opening - Round 1	9	4 days
GM_2012	Let's Play!	41	5 days
RegicidalManiac	long time no game	25	5 days
NM FrankieJay	Titled Players Invitational Tourna…	14	5 days
FM VPA	Titled Players Invitational Tourna…	7	4 days
FM Nightlamp	Titled Players Invitational Tourna…	11	5 days

Finished Games (159)

White	Black	Result	Moves	Date	Action
IM Fins0905 (2388)	Warrior_07 (785)	1-0 (won)	2	05/23/2012	View
IM Fins0905 (2535)	DarrylChan (1934)	1-0 (won)	28	05/23/2012	View
DarrylChan (1934)	IM Fins0905 (2535)	0-1 (won)	20	05/23/2012	View
IM Fins0905 (2535)	DarrylChan (1934)	1-0 (won)	34	05/23/2012	View
DarrylChan (1934)	IM Fins0905 (2535)	0-1 (won)	9	05/23/2012	View
IM Fins0905 (2535)	DarrylChan (1934)	1-0 (won)	44	05/23/2012	View
DarrylChan (1934)	IM Fins0905 (2535)	0-1 (won)	24	05/23/2012	View
IM Fins0905 (2535)	DarrylChan (1934)	1-0 (won)	24	05/23/2012	View
DarrylChan (1934)	IM Fins0905 (2535)	0-1 (won)	35	05/23/2012	View
IM Fins0905 (2535)	DarrylChan (1934)	1-0 (won)	34	05/23/2012	View

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