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Ervin Tan
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
Member Since: Feb 1, 2009
Last Login: Nov 20, 2009
Profile Views: 2453
Points: 1654
Status: the holidays are here!! (7 days ago)
About Me:
Alright, no bio data is going to be revealed here. If you want to know my personal things, send me a message ;)
So far, I've only joined two OTB tournaments, and I fared very badly in my first one, when I knew nothing about chess. Now, after the second tournament, I won 3 out of 6 games, not bad compared to my first one. My opening lines did not fail me. It was my middlegame and endgame which brought me down........
I play chess almost every day. Why? Well, of course it's because I have fallen deeply in love with chess. I am mesmerized by its beauty and artistic value, as well as the spectacular and wonderful product of the human brain, the very essence of chess. Okay, I'm also quite into literature :)
If you want to play with me, you're welcome! Just don't be a bully. I also don't bully people, so don't come knocking at my door and then spread the word that I bullied you. My real rating is around 1800, so I accept players from 1400 to 2000. I'm quite busy, so the time limit should be 5 days. Or more. I'm quite generous when it comes to trophies, so if you want one, tell me, and you'll get one. Now do you wanna play with me? :)
If you followed my previous homepage text, you should know I was trying to improve my middlegame. Got some chess books from friends, and they have helped, I dare say. I also find the Tactics Trainer and Computer Workout quite useful. I'm also getting familiar with the middlegame positions which arise from my openings. I gather the ideas and variations. It's working!
Also, here's a game I played with an opponent in Live Chess recently. My heart was beating so fast! This wonderful game was abound with tactical explosions and in the end, I succeeded due to a blunder by my opponent.....whew!
Alright, that's all! I know this is quite lengthy, so thank you for reading this. Really!