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Loomis


Tallahassee, FL, United States

Member Since: Oct 18, 2007
Last Login: May 11, 2008
Profile Views: 2194
Points: 1622

Homepage: thebackrank.blogspot.com

USCF Rating: 1729

My Chess Style / Favorite Openings:
I'm coming to terms with the fact that I am a much better positional player than a tactical player. This is despite countless hours of tactical study in the last year. I play 1. d4, The Sicilian Dragon and the Grunfeld. After many years, I've determined that the repertoire as black may not be ideally suited for me, but since I've put in years playing the same opening, switching is probably just as bad.

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Play the Samisch for something different

Submitted by Loomis on May 8, 2008 4:40am.

I recently posted a couple of my games where I played a rare system for white against the King's Indian defense featuring an early Bg5 with the intent of taking on f6. I have recently decided that I'd like to try something different against t...Read more »

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