ᴺᴼᵀᴱ: ˢᵒᵐᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵉᵗᵃᶦˡˢ ᵇᵉˡᵒʷ ᵐᶦᵍʰᵗ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵇᵉ ¹⁰⁰% ᵃᶜᶜᵘʳᵃᵗᵉ ⁽ᵃᶜᵗᵘᵃˡˡʸ, ⁿᵒⁿᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵃʳᵉ⁾ ᵀᵒ ᵃⁿʸᵒⁿᵉ ʷʰᵒ ˢᵖᵒᵗᵗᵉᵈ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵐᵉˢˢᵃᵍᵉ, ᶜᵒⁿᵍʳᵃᵗᵘˡᵃᵗᶦᵒⁿˢ, ʸᵒᵘ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ʲᵘˢᵗ ʷᵒⁿ ʸᵒᵘʳˢᵉˡᶠ ᵃ ᵉʳʳ ...

Err ...my wifi isn't very good . For those of you wondering, my profile picture is the view from my apartment -- yes, i took that photo myself. ᶦᵍⁿᵒʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃᵗᵉʳᵐᵃʳᵏ, ʸᵒᵘ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ˢᵃʷ ᶦᵗ.

Hello! My name is Riley Johnson, and I live in Quebec, Quebec City, Canada (yikes! that's a tongue-twister). Some hobbies of mine include blowing bubblegum and arguing, among other things. Of course, I like to play chess as well. I take lessons with my teacher, Prof. Ted Bates Esq, Ph.D, Ed.D, M.F.A., Th.D., M.S., B.M. (yes, he has all of those degrees, don't ask me) after chemistry class every Monday, Thursday and Fridays. Although I'm not very good, I'm slowly improving

ʲᵘˢᵗ ʲᵒᵏᶦⁿᵍ, ᵐʸ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ ᶦˢ ᵃᶜᵗᵘᵃˡˡʸ [ᶦⁿˢᵉʳᵗ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ ʰᵉʳᵉ]

Oh, and I started playing chess when I was 6 years old, although I didn't play seriously (as in tournament play) until I was 6 yrs and 3 months old (I'm currently 15). I speculate that the gap between the time I learned of chess, and the time I played competitively was extremely detrimental to my chess ...and is possibly the reason why I am so low-rated.

Some of my accomplishments (chess related, or otherwise):

- I played a video game for 25 hours straight! I could barely hold my phone after.

- My name is on the top of the scoreboard of the Pacman machine at the movie theatre! ʰᵉʰ, ᶦ ʷᶦˢʰ...

- I represented my friend group at my highschool's chess club's tournament. I ended up placing just outside the top ten, with a whopping 12 players competing!! ˢᶦᵏᵉᵎ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᶠʳᶦᵉⁿᵈ ᵍʳᵒᵘᵖ (:

- I scored as many wins as my entire team combined in a tournament at my local chess camp (which I visit frequently during the warmer months). Our team lost every game ⁿᵍˡ, ᵗʰᶦˢ ˢᵉᵉᵐˢ ᵖʳᵉᵗᵗʸ ˢᵒˡᶦᵈ ᵒⁿ ᵐʸ ʳᵉˢᵘᵐᵉ

- I ate ice-cream in the winter

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!! ...unless you're my opponent of course

ᴼᵏᵃʸ, ᶦᶠ ᵃⁿʸᵒⁿᵉ ᵃᶜᵗᵘᵃˡˡʸ ˢᵃʷ ᴬᴸᴸ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʰᶦᵈᵈᵉⁿ ᵗᵉˣᵗ, ˢᵉʳᶦᵒᵘˢˡʸ, ᶜᵒⁿᵍʳᵃᵗˢ.

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