jrcolonial98

Brendan Gregory
Newtown, Connecticut, United States

Member Since: Nov 11, 2008
Last Login: Nov 18, 2009
Profile Views: 3580
Points: 1858
Status:   yesss 1500s again (16 days ago)

Homepage: video.aol.com/video-detail/ti-dead-and-gone-feat-justin-timberlake/359092

Occupation: Student-lol

USCF Rating: 1324

About Me:

I live in Connecticut (USA). I am 11 years old. My friend taught me how to play chess, and since then I've been obsessed with it. I also play piano, violin and hockey. I have a USCF membership and I've done 5 tournaments. My rating is 1324.   I'll be doing more tournaments soon. I recently won $350 off of a tournament!

Lately my opening repertoire has been the Sicilian Dragon (thank you aabbccdd for getting me into it), the Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrash as Black, and rarely the Italian Game, Guicco Piano. I open with 1.e4, so I play the Sicilian as white alot also.

I consider my self more of a tactical player, it is fun to play a sharp attacking game =) I used to be a positional player, but it wasn't really my style... and by the way, I accept challenges!

I won't be playing any games with anyone with ratings below 1000 or above 1800, I want to play people my own skill! Also, I want at least 3 days per move, even though I am premium and have auto timeout protection.

My group Chess Maniacs would love to have more members! If you join, I will give you a trophy.

School has started, so I won't be on at all from about 7:50 am to 3:15 pm Mondays through Fridays.

 

My best friends on this site (the coolest people ever!!!) are kid_of_chess (a fellow hockey fan) and Omicron (very very kind)

Wanna use my cool theme? Go to "My Home", click on "Account", go to "Styles and Themes", and click on "Search for username". Type in jrcolonial98, and click on "use" by my theme "Space Chess". You can try some of my others too!


  Hurt/Heal 1.e4 Openings Please read and comment!

Calling everyone addicted to chess! Join this group!

Some Numbers Behind Chess

Some numbers behind chess #2

Some Numbers Behind Chess #3

Karpov-Kasparov, Championship Game 1985

8 Queens


 Are you addicted to chess? Can you not go anywhere without your trusty pocket set? Do you eat, sleep and breathe chess? If so, Join my group Chess Maniacs, with many activities going on such as regular forum posts about openings and many vote chess games. Here is the link:

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/chess-maniacs


  This is a song i like. It's called Right Round (sung by Flo Rida). Yes, I enjoy rap.Tongue out

 

Some more songs I enjoy. Google them and check them out!

  • You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
  • Down With The Sickness
  • Low
  • Dead n' Gone

This is a puzzle I found on another site. If you need a hint look at the following text:

 

In this position, black is stuck. only the knight and queen can move. The queen can only move back and forth, but the knight can hop about. Get rid of it, and look for a way to mate the king. Remember, if the king is stuck, try to smother mate it. Only one piece can do that... oh, and remember: you want to smother mate the king on b3... and you have to get there while the queen is on a1 (or else she'll just take the knight)...think about tempo.

Good luck!

 

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Big Bucks in Bradley

Submitted by jrcolonial98 on Jul 26, 2009 6:09pm.

I recently went to an OTB tournament, the Bradley open. I went in the under 1600 section. I tied for first in the top under 1400, and got   $350!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but my annoying parents are only letting me pay $50. $300 is going to the bank. =-...Read more »