Active Tournament Chess Player from Northern California

Peak Ratings: 2341 USCF, 2298 FIDE and awarded US Chess Life Master title
Best Results: 2nd Place at 2006 US Open and Top U2400 in Vegas and Reno
Invited to 2007 US Championship in Stillwater, OK (scored 2.5 out of 9)
Board 1 of Team USA at 2020 Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities
Multiple times Sacramento Club Champion and Player of the Year
OTB GM Scalps: Blatny, Yermolinsky, Akobian and Naroditsky

Experienced Coach for Advanced Juniors

Now an official FIDE Trainer
Coached 15+ future Masters including 3 GMs and 2 IMs
2 World Youth Gold Medalists and several National Champions
CalChess HS, JHS, Elementary Champs + Saratoga HS Won 6 Straight States

Website: http://www.fpawn.com

Blog: http://fpawn.blogspot.com

Twitter & Facebook: @fpawn

One day in 2021, the fpawn defeated the one and only @Hikaru on stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-216kKTy6ZQ&t=600s

Note to people asking to add me to their friends on Chess.com. I choose to limit my contacts to friends or students from real life and others with whom I have had significant contact.