1. Wilhelm Steinitz 2. Emanual Lasker 3. J.R.Capablanca 4. Aljehhin 5. Euwe 6. Botwinnik 7. SmOslov 8. Tal 9. Petrosjan 10. Spasski 11. Fischer 12. Karpov and 13. Kasparov 14. Kramnik 15. Topalov 16. Kramnik 17. Mueller
Awaiting the day to decide to take chess seriously again and get my masters title!
Student of Physics in Lund, Sweden
Think slow, play fast
Godfather's principle: "Let ur enemies underestimate ur strength & urfriends overestimate ur weakness" You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one - Mikhail Tal
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
My name represents the once great racehorse Bestmate who sadly passed away.....however it also represents my great mates :)... Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician and the and the endgame like a machine - Spielmann
Former member of the Celtic Tigers chess team
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Wild | Rating | 1724 | Best | 1924 (28/Jul/2007) |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 2068 | Best | 2551 (05/Sep/2009) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 1903 | Best | 1981 (14/Jun/2008) |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 1783 | Best | 2200 (09/Sep/2008) |
| Type | Bughouse | Rating | 1914 | Best | 2190 (16/Feb/2008) |
| Type | Loser's | Rating | 1558 | Best | 1854 (09/Oct/2006) |
| Type | Crazyhouse | Rating | 1903 | Best | 1942 (18/Dec/2009) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 2138 | Best | 2268 (10/Apr/2010) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1870 | Best | 2209 (16/Dec/2016) |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1982 | Best | 2105 (31/Jan/2017) |