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Hello, my name is Owen Pelletier; I am almost 15 years old, I am self taught (in the rules and basic strategy). I began playing chess at the beginning of 2022. Although GothamChess on youtube is the person I want to thank the most for being a stand in "teacher". I love the game and the community, almost everyone I have met here is super kind and amazing. All I could ever ask for, I study a few hours every day when I can (Balancing school and family/friends too) I have a massive opening repertoire. Favorite is definitely the Vienna. and I hope to reach a rating of 2200 online rapid by the end of 2023. Starting in 2023 I want to play 5-7 OTB tournaments a year, goal is 1800 USCF by the end of 2023. I sure have picked up on a thing or 2, and I would love to share it with the rest of you! I blog and post on the forums a lot, if anyone meets me in person feel free to ask me any questions! Im public about where I am competing. Road to Fide Master or greater before high school is over! Good luck!

Goals:

2200 rating by 12/31/2023
Master endgames and all of my current openings
1800 OTB rating by 1/1/2024
Chess Title. FM, NM, IM, etc

Online Achievements:

Highest rated player beat over the board: 1937
Highest rated player beat online: 2306
Peak rating: 2132
Scores Against Titled Players: 1-1-2

USCF/FIDE Ratings:

Otb: 1091
Online Rapid: 1484
Online Blitz: 1717
Blitz: 0
Rapid: 0
FIDE: 0

Extra: Always open to challenges (unrated) and will accept any friend requests or give advice. I am a huge extrovert and love music + social things! My family thinks its a problem sometimes how much I have been obsessing over chess, but my effort has paid off in some regards! Read my blog, ill post weekly! I hope everyone who reads this can achieve their chess goals, or any in life. We all can do anything we set our minds to!

GrowenChess. Aka, Owen Pelletier.

Favorite song as of right now: Riptide, by Vance Joy.