kurtgodden
Kurt Godden
Sterling Heights, MI, United States 
Member Since: Oct 9, 2007
Last Login: May 16, 2008
Profile Views: 1963
Points: 236
Status: Blogo ergo sum. (19 days ago)
Homepage: homepage.mac.com/kurtgodden/album.html
Birthday: Aug 13, 1952
Occupation: Research Scientist
About Me:
I have a Ph.D. in computational linguistics and an MS in Management, and work in the Operations Research group at General Motors. I have been lucky enough to travel, work, and live in both Europe (mainly Germany and Belgium) and Asia (Thailand). I enjoy great literature, both fiction and non-fiction, although my current reading is mainly chess. While I have a 4th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, I retired from practice and teaching some time ago. I love to listen to the blues (and pop/rock/classical).
My Chess Style / Favorite Openings:
I got hooked on chess in the summer of 2004, and have been studying and playing ever since then. Someday, I aspire to be good at chess, but I have a long way to go. I find the complexities, personalities of the masters, creativity of good players, and the parallels with real life to be utterly fascinating. If you like my blog, please vote for me at http://www.chess.com/vote_trophy_list.html (You may have to click to another page to find the best blog category.)