chessmagic5
Joemz The Revenge
Melbourne City, Australia, Philippines 
Member Since: Oct 6, 2008
Last Login: Nov 21, 2009
Profile Views: 1509
Points: 228
Homepage: MyChessPet.com
Occupation: Project Engineer
FIDE Rating: 1872
About Me:
As of 07 October 2008 my Australian Chess Federation rating is 1872. I have only played a few tournaments so my elo rating is stil not accurate. As white I play the English and as black I play the Accelerated Dragon and the Nimzo Indian. I write a chess blog here to share my chess learnings and techniques, especially on the Accelerated Dragon.
I was born and bred in Laguna, Philippines but I have been living in Australia since December 1999. I am a mechanical engineer by trade and my especialty is project engineering and management.
I first learned to play chess when I was 7. It was the time when my father bought a chess board and started teaching me and my younger brother.
I only became serious in chess during my junior year in college (Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila City). It began when I first witnessed blitz games casually played by the university varsities. I was fascinated, never knew that chess can be that exciting. I was even more surprised to know that there are books about chess! I was 20 at the time.
My current career doesn't give me much time to participate in chess tournaments but I try my best to compete whenever I can, and when I do I don't do too bad.
This year (2008) I'm already 35 but a lot of people get surprised on how younger I look (see my photos). Am very blessed and lucky indeed.
Submitted by
chessmagic5 on Nov 19, 2009 12:27am.
The Accelerated Dragon has a tricky move order that often bust unsuspecting 1.e4 players who treat it as a regular Classical Dragon. Belonging to the 3 main Dragon Relatives, its move order is as follows:
e4 c5
Nf3 Nc6
d4 cxd4
Nxd4 g6 (see ...Read more »