• Member Since: Nov 14, 2009
• Last Login: May 25, 2012
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Most of my rated chess playing was done in high school and college 20 years ago. I played briefly in a few tournaments about 11 years ago in Houston Texas.  In late 2009 I just started playing tournament chess again.  I’m pretty rusty obviously but hope to get back in the swing of things after playing some games.

                I like players who are willing to take risks and think outside the box.:  Morozevich, Larsen and Shirazi are some players I appreciate.

I was fortunate to draw GM Sergey Kudrin when I started back in  Nov 2009at the National Chess Congress in Philly.  Shows my typical offbeat play.  You wont find this line ( 4.E4) even as a dubious sidenote in any book.

When I’m not playing chess, I’m playing Guess Who or Don’t Break the Ice with my wonderful daughter.   

I’m a fan of Richard Dawkins, Giordano Bruno and Vanessa Van Hemert* (*when she was with 4 Strings).

"Anyone who has felt such a connection with the reality, knows that there is only one truly significant work to do in life and that is love; to love nature, to love people, to love animals, to to love creation itself, just because it is." G.Rodinaia