billwall
Bill Wall
Palm Bay, FL, United States 
Member Since: May 18, 2007
Last Login: Jul 3, 2009
Profile Views: 16916
Points: 2467
Status: (43 days ago)
Homepage: www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378
Birthday: May 11, 1951
Occupation: Systems Engineer
USCF Rating: 2000
About Me:
Senior Information Security Systems Engineer (ISSE) at Harris Corporation in Melbourne, FL. Retired USAF officer (1970-95). Former NASA computer security engineer (1985-91). Former B-52 bomber and KC-135 tanker crew chief (1971-74). Degrees in physics and electrical engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology). Married for over 31 years. Author of 30 chess books (500 xxx Miniature series, Grob, Larsen's, Dunst, etc). Former President of Ohio Chess Association and NC Chess Association. Former USCF delegate and certified tournament director. Former co-editor of Ohio and NC state chess magazines. Former secretary of Chess Journalists of America. Former president of chess clubs in Dayton, Palo Alto, San Antonio, and Melbourne, Florida. Co-author of Winning With the Krazy Kat and Old Hippo (1...Nh6 defense). 2007 Member of the Year at chess.com. Top Tactician for 2008 at chess.com. Member of USCF since 1969.
Submitted by
billwall on Jun 12, 2009 11:06pm.
As of June 13, 2009, there are four players rated over 2800 (chess.com ratings). The players are:
Ouachita (Bobby Johnson) - 2848 LucidDream - 2833 Nonnetrovouno - 2808 cuendillar - 2807
None of these top four players seem to have any title o...Read more »