Hello, all. I'm a student at the University of Chicago who has been playing chess for about two and a half years. I started during my senior year of high school in Wisconsin because I had learned some theory over the summer between my Junior and Senior year and I was fascinated by all the beautiful subtleties of tactics and positional thinking. I love the game of chess and appreciate its aesthetic and practical value in terms of enhancing my focus and planning skills. My goal is to become an expert before my 4th year of college. The following game is from the 2012 Chicago Open, where I played in the U1700 section, scoring 4.0/7 as a 1392 rated player going in...