RichardHayden
Richard Hayden
Ashburn, VA, United States 
Member Since: Jul 23, 2007
Last Login: Jul 18, 2008
Profile Views: 670
Points: 207
Occupation: VP with software product company
FIDE Rating: 2210
About Me:
I used to play competitively over the board as a teenager and in college. My style and opening repertoire was heavily influenced by one of my first chess books "My 60 Memorable Games" by Bobby Fischer. I still play the Najdorf Sicilian and Modern Benoni as Black, although as White I'm now exploring the English.
I stopped playing more than twenty years ago when postgraduate research took priority, and didn't play chess again ... until I joined chess.com last year.
Now I'm 'shaking off the rust' and getting ready to use my chess brain again. I hope to play at a standard approaching 2200+.
Submitted by
RichardHayden on Jul 25, 2007 8:06am.
In response to a question on what you should think about before you move ... As an experienced player, here is my ten-step thought process when playing over the board ...1. Did I lock the car?2. I wonder if there is any food for sale?3. What IS ...Read more »