Please note that I DO NOT play rated games, so please don't challenge me to them!

Update... someone is now lobbying to get me BANNED from chess.com! I am not scared in the least however, as he has had three accounts banned, and is now IP tracked...

VERY IMPORTANT: There are many people who will say pretty nasty things about me, please do NOT listen to them!!!!!!!!!!!

Some general rules for my threads (in no particular order):

Be nice.
Stay on-topic
Don't advertise groups

Link to my avatar:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=47544

A Shout-out to my friends:

Current Leaders to my surveys (Feel free to vote on them!) (as of 8/25/2011 5:45 AM PST):

Top ten best players ever

1.Kasparov

2.Capablanca

3.Fischer

4.Karpov

5.Morphy

6.Lasker

7.Alekhine

T8.Steinitz

T8.Tal

10.Anand

Most underrated player ever

Nezhmetdinov

Favorite Chess variant

Bughouse

Favorite Live Chess time control

1|0, 30|0 (tied)

Top five best games ever

1.Kasparov-Topalov

2.Fischer-Spassky Game 6

T3.Opera Game, Kasparov-Karpov 1985 Round 16, Spassky-Fischer Round 1, Evergreen Game

Best opening move

e4

Top five non-world champions

1.Keres

2.Korchnoi

3.Morphy

4.Rubinstein

5.Bronstein

Top five best avatars on this site

1.rooperi

2.Cystem_Phailure

Best chess computer ever

No votes yet

Top five most memberable threads on this site

1.http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/beginner-intermediate-and-master-a-puzzle-for-each

2.http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/computer

Top five nineteenth century players

1.Lasker

2.Morphy

3.Steinitz

4.Tarrasch

5.Staunton

Top three most effective opening traps

1.Blackburn Trap

2.Fishing Pole

T3.8 different traps

Hurt/Heal first moves by White

a3 25

a4 25

b3 25

b4 25

c3 25

c4 25

d3 25

d4 25

e3 25

e4 25

f3 25

f4 25

g3 25

g4 25

h3 25

h4 25

Na3 25

Nc3 25

Nf3 25

Nh3 25

checkmateibeatu