RichardHayden
Richard
Ashburn, VA, United States 
Member Since:
Jul 23, 2007
Last Login:
Feb 9, 2012
Profile Views:
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587
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Back in a few days (12 months ago)
Occupation: VP with software product company
BCF Rating: 190
About Me:
I used to play competitively over the board as a teenager in Ireland and in college (Cork & Oxford). My last BCF rating (circa 1986) was 190. My favorite openings were no doubt influenced by one of my first chess books "My 60 Memorable Games" by Fischer. I still play the Najdorf Sicilian and Modern Benoni as Black, although as White I'm now exploring the English. I 'retired' (just temporarily I thought) when postgraduate research took priority, but one thing lead to another and I didn't play chess again for more than twenty years ... until I joined chess.com in 2007. I hope to play at a standard around 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 »
