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Patrick Fauth
Southland, New Zealand

Member Since: Jul 13, 2008
Last Login: Oct 25, 2009
Profile Views: 1188
Points: 445
Status:   Exams soon... (26 days ago)

Birthday: Nov 2, 1992

Occupation: Student

About Me:

Hi all! I attend boarding school so am unavailable most of the time Frown(check my status). Here's what I do on chess.com (see forum topic "who is player X" for a copy)

EXTENDED PERSONAL PROFILE

Preferred Style of Chess { Tick any that apply }

[X] Correspondence Chess (“Turn-Based”)

[X] electronic Over-The-Board (“LiveChess”)

[X] physical OTB

[ ] some other chess variant

[ ] don’t play chess

 

Correspondence Chess facilities (major) used during a game { Tick any that apply }

[ ] books

[ ] opening databases

[X] Game Explorer

[X] the web or other legitimate resource

[ ] none of the above

 

Correspondence Chess facilities (minor) used during a game { Tick any that apply }

[ ] use the Analysis Board

 

Cheating { Tick any that apply }

[ ] get help from 3rd party

[ ] use a Chess Engine

[ ] use End-Game Tables

 

Ease-of-Play / Multiple Game Management facilities { Tick any that apply }

[X] press SUBMIT to move (i.e. not Touch Move)

[ ] make notes during the game (either on paper or in the Notes tab)

[ ] use the Moves tab to rewind the game

[X] use the Details tab to show captured pieces

[ ] use the Details tab to flip the board

[ ] display the algebraic co-ordinates on the board

[X] highlight the square of the last move made

[X] use Conditional Moves

 

Learning Attitude{ Tick one }

(X) Determined to improve at chess

( ) Social player

( ) Serious player

 

Competitive Attitude{ Tick any that apply }

[ ] Never resign!

[X] Resign when appropriate

[ ] Let ‘lost’ games time out

 

Speed of play{ Tick one }

( ) Very Fast ( < 3 hours/move)

(X) Fast ( < 6 hours/move)

( ) Average ( < 12 hours/move)

( ) Slow ( > 12 hours/move)

 

Courtesy{ Tick any that apply }

[ ] Say “Hi!” (or equivalent) at start of game

[ ] Say “gg” (or equivalent) at end of game

[X] Award trophies

 

Verbosity{ Tick one }

( ) Chat freely during game

(X) Chat only if opponent starts chatting (Embarassed)

( ) Disable chat

 

Participation in non-Chess Activities{ Tick any that apply }

[X] Post in the forums

[X] Belong to group(s)

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