billwall

Bill Wall
Palm Bay, FL, United States

Member Since: May 18, 2007
Last Login: Nov 20, 2009
Profile Views: 19570
Points: 2546

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.  Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).  Goverment contractor providing security to Department of Commerce, NOAA, and the National Weather Service.  Retired USAF officer (1970-95) and Division Chief at the Air Force Information Warfare Center.  Former computer security engineer for NASA (1985-91). Former avionics engineer for F-15, F-16 fighters (1981-1985).  Former B-52 bomber and KC-135 tanker crew chief (1971-74). Degrees in physics, astrophysics, and electrical engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology).  Married for over 32 years. Author of 31 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 (CJA). Former president of chess clubs in Dayton, Ohio; Palo Alto, CA; San Antonio, TX; 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.  Active chess.com member with blogs, articles, Online chess and Live chess.  Chess patzer.

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E.S. Lowe and chess

Submitted by billwall on Nov 17, 2009 2:44pm.

My first chess set in the late 1950s and early 1960s was a chess set from E.S. Lowe  Company, Inc. They were cheap, hollow plastic chess sets that came with a red and black chess board.  They were not weighted, and I filled in my chess pieces with ...Read more »

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