JimEBau

James Baumann
Deltona, FL, United States

Member Since: Feb 20, 2009
Last Login: Nov 19, 2009
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Homepage: FaithHopeTravel.com

Birthday: Jul 9, 1961

Occupation: Travel Agent

About Me:

I began playing chess as a little kid. As a young teen, my dad used to take me to a chess club in San Fran, near where I grew up. I learned a lot playing timed games against the older, better players. However, they offered no formal instruction. I had two chess books; Lasker’s “How to Play Chess”, and "How to See Three Moves Ahead” by Chernev & Reinfeld (I actually still have that book somewhere. Perhaps I should find it…).

Anyway, I started playing music at thirteen, and chess became a thing of the past. I've played maybe once in the last 30 years, until February of this year; 2009. I saw the new chess game in Microsoft Vista on a friend’s PC, and I thought, “I’d like to play some chess”. So, I looked for an online resource, and www.chess.com came up first on the list. I joined that night, and have been having much fun.

Most of the folks here are really great, and are more than willing to help, make suggestions, and offer insight. I’ve learned so much here; it’s exciting! My goal is to; offer my opponent a challenging game, improve my tactics (and hopefully by doing so, minimize blunders), and learn more about openings.

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Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?

Submitted by JimEBau on Oct 29, 2009 12:22am.

Well, it's time to write another post. Not that I have any traffic to my blog. It's more for personal fulfillment than anything else. That, and I'm too busy dealing with life issues to spend time each day making my blog good enough to be read by a co...Read more »

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