Patzer24
Matt Helfst
United States 
Member Since: Jun 26, 2007
Last Login: Nov 20, 2009
Profile Views: 34241
Points: 11213
Status: New peak rating 1908 USCF (5 days ago)
Homepage: blog.chess.com/Patzer24
Occupation: Chess.com
USCF Rating: 1908
About Me:
I play chess to make money and meet women.
I consider myself a 'Practical' player, "Despite being comfortable in more types of openings, these players often have serious holes in their theoretical knowledge. They just hope to get a reasonable position out of the opening without spending too much time, and then to simply outplay you."
Goals - 1) Reach 2200 USCF NM, 2) Reach 2200 FIDE CM, 3) Reach 2300 FIDE FM
BELIEVE IT!
The first statement was an IQ test; if you read it and said "oh", then you just lost a piece.
Submitted by
Patzer24 on Jul 15, 2009 10:37pm.
Here is my 1st round game from the 35th LPO Tournament with full annotations and commentary:
Any thoughts or feedback would be greatly appreciated as I am always looking to find where I could have improved throughou...Read more »