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Samurai-X‘s Recent Activity	Views	Comments	Date
At what level is it useful to know both e4 and d4 as White?	358	7	12/22/12
If you had to memorize one chess game which would it be?	131	2	12/17/12
Are there principles to follow for stopping pawn storms?	393	8	12/7/12
Nimzovich Defense	337	2	12/7/12
What can we learn from studying Botvinnik's games?	798	20	11/26/12
Mate in 5 (First composition; just for fun)	326	2	11/19/12
Does anyone have "The Six Power Moves of Chess?" Is it useful?	656	3	11/18/12
What makes Capablanca great?	1057	20	11/16/12
Easy-to-go-through chess book	1614	28	11/9/12
Solving chess tactics versus seeing the solution	302	3	10/15/12
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Ratings

Live Chess - Blitz

1407

Highest:	1650 (Jun 18, 2011)
Best Win:	1797 (phillyDan)
Avg. Opp.:	1401
Total Games:	1,499 (803 W/ 667 L / 29 D)

Live Chess - Bullet

1373

Highest:	1679 (Mar 18, 2011)
Best Win:	1896 (Jalal-k)
Avg. Opp.:	1405
Total Games:	1,104 (510 W/ 577 L / 17 D)

Live Chess - Standard

1344

Highest:	1583 (Nov 6, 2009)
Best Win:	1668 (pising)
Avg. Opp.:	1540
Total Games:	353 (160 W/ 183 L / 10 D)

Online Chess

1643

Highest:	1945 (Jan 1, 2012)
Avg. Opp.:	1495
Best Win:	2119 (goestenmeier)
Today‘s Rank:	#31,541 of 317,870 (89.8%)
Timeouts:	0% (last 90 days)
Time/Move:	3 hr 30 min
Total Games:	197 (120 W/ 70 L / 7 D)

Chess960

1504

Highest:	1504 (Jun 12, 2011)
Avg. Opp.:	1373
Best Win:	1422 (ChessRenewal)
Today‘s Rank:	#7,408 of 61,195 (86.8%)
Total Games:	14 (9 W/ 4 L / 1 D)

Tactics

1762

Current:	1762
Highest:	1934 (Apr 3, 2011)
Lowest:	1351 (Jul 8, 2009)
# Attempts:	444
Passed:	229 (51.6%)
Failed:	215 (48.4%)
Total Time:	3.5 hrs

Chess Mentor

1763

Current:	1763
Highest:	1763 (Mar 31, 2011)
Lowest:	1281 (Jul 10, 2009)
# Lessons:	44
% Complete:	44/3844 (1.1%)
Total Time:	2.91 hrs

Recent Games

	Opponent	Result
	ivy_riva (1435)	1-0 (won)
	irhama (1707)	0-1 (lost)
	Il_cavallo_scalpita (1364)	1-0 (lost)
	doPe_Bear (1394)	1-0 (lost)
	doPe_Bear (1380)	0-1 (lost)

Samurai-X's Trophy Showcase (17)

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Member Since: Jul 2, 2009
Last Login: May 23, 2013
Profile Views: 2352
Points: 149
Homepage: gambitopenings.blogspot.com/
Birthday: Aug 6, 1989
USCF Rating 1425

Favorite Chess Players: Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoli Karpov. Long term goals as a chess player: Achieve a rating of USCF 2000 in my lifetime.

Current Games (12)

	Opponent	Game	# Moves	Time Left	Status
	sapka	Let's Play!	13	19 hours
	Hydrel	Let's Play!	19	22 hours
	goin4maten1	Let's Play!	13	24 hours
	CincinnatiKid1985	Let's Play!	15	24 hours
	b1teachu1995	Let's Play!	12	24 hours
	nfarhat	Let's Play!	18	24 hours
	TuShay	Let's Play!	20	24 hours
	ScarletKnight94	Let's Play!	17	24 hours
	richardtscott	Let's Play!	15	24 hours
	gangatharan78	Let's Play!	25	24 hours
	MSalame	Let's Play!	7	3 days
	Killzem	Let's Play!	28	3 days

Finished Games (110)

	White	Black	Result	Moves	Date	Action
	Samurai-X (1643)	ivy_riva (1435)	1-0 (won)	12	5/22/13	View
	Samurai-X (1373)	irhama (1707)	0-1 (lost)	17	5/19/13	View
	Il_cavallo_scalpita (1364)	Samurai-X (1373)	1-0 (lost)	11	5/17/13	View
	doPe_Bear (1394)	Samurai-X (1382)	1-0 (lost)	9	5/17/13	View
	Samurai-X (1390)	doPe_Bear (1380)	0-1 (lost)	41	5/17/13	View
	Samurai-X (1399)	scassero (1397)	1-0 (won)	40	5/17/13	View
	Samurai-X (1391)	Polariton (1390)	0-1 (lost)	17	5/17/13	View
	Samurai-X (1399)	sarterus (1484)	0-1 (lost)	38	5/17/13	View
	krtececek (1437)	Samurai-X (1405)	0-1 (won)	50	5/17/13	View
	kliki (1537)	Samurai-X (1634)	1-0 (lost)	30	5/17/13	View