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Bill Wall
Palm Bay, FL, United States 
Member Since:
May 18, 2007
Last Login:
Feb 3, 2012
Profile Views:
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3486
Homepage: www.offthewallchess.com
Birthday: May 11, 1951
Occupation: Systems Engineer
USCF Rating: 1918
About Me:
Professional:
Senior Information Security Systems Engineer at Harris Corporation in Melbourne, Florida (1997 to present). Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Creator of the STAT Vulnerability Assessment Tool (now owned by Lumension). Government contractor providing information assurance to NASA's Space Network Ground Segment, Department of Commerce, NOAA, and the National Weather Service (GOES-R and WRIP program). Retired military officer (USAF 1970-95). Former Branch and Division Chief at the Air Force Information Warfare Center, Air Intelligence Agency, Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX (1991-95). Chief analyst of the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (1995-97). Chief, Product Assessment and Certification Center. Computer security engineer, systems engineer, and technical liaison officer for at NASA/Houston Shuttle Avionics Integration Lab (SAIL) and NASA/Ames supercomputer center (1985-91)). Former avionics engineer for F-15, F-16 fighters, Avionics Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (1981-85). Former B-52 bomber and KC-135Q tanker (refueled SR-71 Blackbird/Habu) crew chief (1971-74) in Southeast Asia (U Tapao, Thailand, Guam, Okinawa, Philippines) and at Beale AFB, CA. Degrees in physics and electrical engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology). Married to Lois Hubbard Wall for over 34 years. Tennis instructor in Palm Bay for the past 15 years.
Chess:
Author of 32 chess books (the 500 Miniature series and some Openings books published by Chess Enterprises) and over 900 chess articles. Former President of Ohio Chess Association (1980-1981) and North Carolina Chess Association (1978-1980). Former Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina Chess Association (1976-1978) and Ohio Chess Association (1981-1983). Former USCF delegate and certified tournament director. Former co-editor of Ohio and NC state chess magazines and former editor of Dayton Chess Club Review. Former secretary of Chess Journalists of America (1984-1988). Former president of chess clubs in Statesville, NC (1976-1979); Dayton, Ohio (1980-84); Palo Alto, California (1986-1990); San Antonio, Texas (1991-1997); and Melbourne, Florida (1998-2000). 2007 Member of the Year at chess.com. Top Tactician for 2008 at chess.com. Member of USCF since 1969. Active chess.com member. Have played over 34,000 chess games from 1969 to 2012. Extensive chess library of over 4,000 volumes. Check out my chess e-magazine, White Knight Review, at www.offthewallchess.com. Subscription is free. Latest issue features Kasparov bio, chess variants, gambits, etc.
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