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grandmaster56

Daniel Raymon
somewhere in the U.S., United States

Member Since: Sep 20, 2008
Last Login: Feb 9, 2012
Profile Views: 4181
Points: 1630
Status:   status: unknown (11 months ago)

Birthday: May 29, 1994

Occupation: High School Student

USCF Rating: 1178

About Me:
"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"?" -William Arthur Ward  In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. -Theodore Roosevelt Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! -Ronald Reagan We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… -Thomas Jefferson      I'm pretty good at chess, though not as good as I'd like. I love billiards, and good at it too. I'm the average person in high school: good grades, average number of friends, not popular, not nerdy, but in the middle. I love the beauty of the game of chess, which is why I started learning through my dad, who isn't that bad (I have yet to win two in a row). I'm free for anyone who wants to challenge me, no matter how good or bad, I don't care, but if you can make it unrated, that would be appreciated. So yeah, that's me. I have a very fluctuating rating on this site. You know what they say, the bigger they are the harder they fall: Note: I am not a grandmaster. Although I appreciate the flattery, I am far from achieving that title.   I am super admin in the Sacred Pawn Legion, one of the fastest expanding groups out there! http://www.chess.com/groups/home/sacred-pawn-legion I am an admin in Chess Unlimited, one of the biggest and most diverse groups on the site! http://www.chess.com/groups/home/chess-unlimited       I love music, particularly classic rock (80s, 90s), but also some new bands: (most of them I couldn't get the good music video due to embedding disabled, but it works)     I love sports I can catch, but I'm not a guy that can run over people easily... I'm good at basketball, even though I haven't played it in a while. I can bowl a 140, but that was a couple of years ago... I'm in a dodgeball league, and I'm a BEAST :D         I like video games on any system.     I like to computer program a lot. It's my life basically. (You just get the job done, ya know?)             One more thing before I go...       I'm single   

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Is it worth it?

Submitted by grandmaster56 on Sep 17, 2009 5:49am.

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If we look at this game below, this was played in 2008 with some really great players. However, at the end, black makes a crucial blunder, thus losing. Let's take a ...Read more »

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