Tied for first in the 1994 APCT Rook North American Championship. Played in three ICCF world championship cycles prelim rounds, but never advanced - best I could manage was 6th place out of 15. This was in the 1980's and early 1990's when computers were not allowed.

Best game against a GM - Draw vs GM Reshevsky, 1983. All three of my games vs. GM Reshevsky can be found in Chessbase and other databases plus were published in the book,

"Samuel Reshevsky: A Compendium of 1768 Games" By Stephan W. Gordon.

Best game against an FM - Defeated Renard Anderson (USCF 2314) at 40/90 15/30. Best game against an IM - Defeated John Donaldson in an 18 board simul. Best game against a garden variety master: Defeated Phil Cobert (USCF 2250 something) at 40/90 15/30.

Biggest fish that got away? FM Alex Dunne. I missed a win and ended up with a draw.

Please note I am primarily a correspondence player, having been active in USCF postal, APCT, TCC, ICCF, CIF, IECG and various other organizations over the years but work and family obligations plus the dearth of rated USCF tournaments in Northern California in the 1980's and 1990's precluded me from being very active over the board-I would guess less than 60 USCF rated games under my belt, and all but one of the tournaments were in the 1980's.

After my first USCF rated OTB event in 1981, 6 games played in the D/E/unrated section my provisional rating was 1181. By 1983 my USCF OTB rating was 1850. So if anyone wants to ridicule my OTB rating, feel free. Not counting a G/30 event in 1996, my OTB rating is almost 30 years obsolete. Maybe when I retire and move to Europe I'll be able to resume OTB play. That is unfortunately not an option right now.

Schachgeek