Shivsky

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Shivsky
DFW, United States

Member Since: Jun 16, 2009
Last Login: Nov 20, 2009
Profile Views: 1192
Points: 512
Status: Questioning everything! (3 months ago)

Birthday: Jan 13, 1978

Occupation: Protocol Software Engineer

USCF Rating: 1718

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Hi there!

Always looking for new and creative ways to lose a game. :)

Always looking for new friends.

Also looking for interested + interesting players to join my Chess Weasels group.

Shivsky on the ICC if you'd like to play live games ( Yes, I don't think chess.com is quite "there" yet when it comes to real-time games.)

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Fun with the Baltic

Submitted by Shivsky on Oct 12, 2009 3:30pm.

I've been shopping around for a sharp (and slightly insane) opening response to 1.d4 d5 2.c4 (and friends) for quite a while. I decided to have a little fun with the Baltic defense against a similar rated (USCF 1700ish) player. Quite rare and definit...Read more »

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Fresh Cookies From: shadowfalls	Strikingly Strong Play From: Hapatia
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