Lattenkiste
James Clark
Front Royal, VA, United States 
Member Since:
May 15, 2009
Last Login:
Feb 9, 2012
Profile Views:
665
Points:
166
Status:
I'll be back to make my move tomorrow (2 years ago)
Birthday: Apr 16, 1987
Occupation: Chess Tutor
About Me:
I was raised on chess and I am raising my daughter knowing how to play chess. I got "serious" about chess when I was about 14. I bought a plethora of chess books and spent day in and day out studying and playing chess with anyone I could get a game with. I taught a chess class to elemtary and middle aged students for a couple years. I made a custom scenario in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion of a chess set, using different soldiers as the pieces. I spent months designing the board, the squares, the "captured piece" area, the "promoted piece" area, and designing the triggers (AI) to follow the rules of the game.
I joined the Marines in 2004 where I was given the name "Chessmaster" or "Bobby Fischer" for building a chess board out of notebook paper and packing tape. When we went to the Mojave Desert some people brought guitars, some people brought CD players, I brought a chess board.
In Iraq some of the seniors in my platoon tore up my chess book I had with me (5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games) and snapped the head off of the King of my set. I was not happy.
Now that I'm back in Northern VA I have joined a chess club in Winchester, I've renewed my membership with the USCF, and I am pursuing certification as a Chess Teacher and TD.
