Active Tournament Chess Player from Northern California

Peak Ratings: 2341 USCF, 2298 FIDE and awarded FIDE Candidate 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)
Team USA at 2020 and 2025 Chess Olympiads 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.