wicksta85
Speed Bump
Cincy (The Nati), United States 
Member Since: Jul 20, 2008
Last Login: Jul 5, 2009
Profile Views: 2312
Points: 554
Status: Counseling 5th graders. Back on 5/11 (16 hours ago)
Homepage: www.chess.com/groups/home/free-chess-help
Birthday: Mar 20, 1993
Occupation: student
USCF Rating: 1339
About Me:
Hi, I'm Wicksta85, a.k.a. Speedbump. I love sports, and I play ultimate frisbee. I am curently 3rd board on my H.S. chess team. Been to 5 tournaments now, four smaller ones and the Queen City Classic. My rating is 1339, but is probably more like 1500. I Also enjoy math, youth group, and tennis.
For chess, I like to start out with e4 usually. As black I prefer e5 openings, and I am learning the Tarrasch Defense to the Q.G. as well. I play how I learned the game, with a lot or d4's and e4's in the early part of the game. I like to use queenside castling as a surprise weapon a lot. I hope to be 2000+ on this site by the end of the year, and a 1600 USCF player. I learned chess at 8, maybe around a 1350 player (on here) until around 6/2008, when I started to enjoy it again. Since then I have been studying/playing ~2 hrs./day, and raised my rating 500 points.
And feel free to join my chess group, Free Chess Help!
http://www.chess.com/groups/home/free-chess-help
Enjoy!