HowDoesTheHorseMove
Alexander Coleman
New York, NY, United States 
Member Since: Sep 20, 2007
Last Login: Jul 5, 2009
Profile Views: 1187
Points: 266
Birthday: Oct 7, 1981
Occupation: Musician
About Me:
Musician and graduate student, married to a wonderful woman who has better things to do than play chess. I am simultaneously working at go (the board game, not the verb), which is bending my mind in entirely different directions.
As with most things, my theoretical knowledge of the game is a few steps ahead of my ability to apply it. I have very few opportunities to play OTB, so this is my major chess outlet.
I'm also interested in chess variants, particularly Fischerrandom/Chess960 and Seirawan chess. It's mostly an abstract fascination, since I'm nowhere near good enough at orthodox chess for it to feel "played out."
Submitted by
HowDoesTheHorseMove on Jan 21, 2008 8:28pm.
Note: I wrote this for an audience not terribly familiar with chess. I don't mean to insult anyone's intelligence by explaining who Capablanca was, or other things that might seem unnecessary in this venue. In modern times some have begun to ...Read more »