My name is John and while I won my school title with brilliant play(Glory Days,
they'll pass you by) now I only seem to play inexplicable blunders, so my name
seems to fit.
Meaning of names - in chess

Bizarre how all the names are Anglo male. Could we at least get a Vladimir, a Luis and an Alexandra?

My name is Justin, and... well... I don't boast at all, you can't with this rating; and I do in fact know en passant.

Bizarre how all the names are Anglo male. Could we at least get a Vladimir, a Luis and an Alexandra?
We could try, but given the demographics of the site, what are the odds of having say, a Vladimir, read this thread? Probably much lower than any of the names listed.

Richard - an expert to some, a patzer to others
Fascinating.
This one is very much like what a fortune teller / astrologist would tell you, wouldn't you say?
No Peter?
For me - "a naive woodpusher, goes for Scholar's Mate every time" - clearly not true; occasionally I try for Fool's Mate.
Aaron - a patzer, if ever there was one
Adam - tells everyone that "chess sucks", secretly plays Chessmaster every day
Albert - a rusty oldtimer, will kick your butt if you are not careful
Alexander - participates in chess tournaments only to flirt with the girls
Andrew - a naive woodpusher, goes for Scholar's Mate every time
Anthony - a French defence buff, pretty dangerous in the endgame
Arnold - a chess hooligan, slams the pieces into the board
Bradley - expert strength player, plays boring openings though
Brandon - an opening specialist, needs to work on the middlegame
Brent - hates chess, will punch you if you ask him why
Chad - capable of downing unbelievable amounts of brew during the game
Christian - claims to be GM strength, noone has ever seen him play
Christopher - a gracious loser, easy to beat, too
Cody - weird guy, carries a miniature chess set with him at all times
Craig - likes to give you odds of a pawn or two, then loses
Daniel - offers draw all the time, go figure
David - keeps losing won games
Dennis - tenacious player, fights to the very end
Derek - strong endgame player, average otherwise
Donald - a coffehouse player, likes to tell stories during the game
Douglas - will not play chess unless given at least knight odds
Edward - chess addict, will badger you for a game for ever
Erik - an immensely wealthy guy, collects antique chess sets
Evan - trained by a chess coach, an insufferable buffoon
Frank - likes to talk about chess, and... yeah, just talk
Gary - grandmaster material, will beat you blindfolded
George - a duffer in the endgame, otherwise quite good
James - could become a grandmaster, but for his lazy attitude
Jared - a strong tactician, weak in the endgame
Jason - claims to be a patzer, in fact an expert strength player
Jeremy - a Sicilian specialist, almost a grandmaster
John - likes to spice up brilliant play with inexplicable blunders
Jonathan - envokes the touch-move rule in blitz, would you believe
Justin - likes to boast about his wins, did not learn the en passant rule yet
Joshua - an unimaginative player, rarely makes mistakes though
Joseph - chess and alcohol don't mix, enough said
Keith - an average woodpusher, plays terribly slowly
Kevin - a chess hustler, pure and simple
Kyle - owns tons of chess books, a consummate theoretician
Magnus - a future world chess champion, stay out of his way or be crushed
Matthew - a future grandmaster, if trained non-stop for the next 20 years
Michael - never finishes a game, always claims timeouts
Nathan - not to be underestimated, a Caro-Kann expert
Nicholas - suspected of cheating by many, in fact a very capable player
Patrick - opens with 1.a4, no comment
Paul - a great strategist, loses it completely in complex positions
Richard - an expert to some, a patzer to others
Robert - a kingside attacker, never castles
Ryan - more interested in girls than in chess
Samuel - complains about the unfairness of ratings, arbiters, players, pairings, etc
Steven - walks away from a game to get a brew, never returns
Thomas - a self-proclaimed chess guru, doesn't know squat about the game
Timothy - a decent enough player, often gets into time trouble
Wesley - an enthusiastic little patzer
William - can get really upset after losing a game, watch out