• Member Since: Apr 15, 2012
• Last Login: May 22, 2013
• Profile Views: 2820
• Points: 2765
• Birthday: Nov 1, 2000
• USCF Rating 1752

Hello, and thank you for giving me a profile view!   Let me tell you a little about myself:

My name is Thomas, and I'm 12 years old.  I have an older sister who doesn't play chess and no other siblings, so I'm on chess.com a lot.  I started playing chess about five years ago, but I only started playing seriously about two years ago.

I play the English Opening as White almost every game; in fact, I play it so much that I created my own club for English Opening players called the c4 club:  http://www.chess.com/groups/home/the-c4-club  We are currently in the top 100 groups for vote chess.  If you are interested in learning a new opening or play the English, you are welcome to join. I play the Slav against 1. d4 and the Caro-Kann and Four Knights Sicilian against 1. e4. I haven't decided which one I like better.  

If you have a chess game you are interested in sharing, please post it here:  http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/put-your-best-chess-games-in-this-forum.

I go to lessons on Friday nights with my chess coach, NM Bruce Baker.  His profile is here: http://www.chess.com/members/view/blindfish4  He is a great coach, and has helped me play chess a lot better. 

I also have created a photo album on chess.com called Optical Illusions:  http://www.chess.com/photos/view_album/tjdiem/optical-illusions5  It is currently the ninth most viewed photo album in all of chess.com! 

Here are some of my best games: