hello, olde chess friends say hi
play e4 as white, the benoni & najdorf as black
USCF life Class A player .... studied tons of endgames the last few years
favourite players include Morphy, Capablanca, Botvinnik, Tal, Karpov & Kasparov.
favourite comtemporary players, include, Anand, Naka, Caruana, and Topalov.
love to play the guitar, weighlift, cross-country skiing, saltwater aquariums, and hiking
visiting national parks also big on the list
chess goals include to play when im 95 ( ... not to far away in years :) .... ) and get back up to 2000 uscf
plan on retiring and travel europe playing in low-rated tourneys when im olde and grey ( ... also not far away :) .... )
taking lessons from top Azerbaijan GM :)
Type | Rating | Best | |||
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Type | Blitz | Rating | 1784 | Best | 1910 (26/Mar/2016) |
Type | Standard | Rating | 1777 | Best | |
Type | Bullet | Rating | 1200 | Best | |
Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1497 | Best | 1801 (15/Nov/2011) |
Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1152 | Best | 1522 (28/Sep/2012) |
Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1903 | Best | 2064 (20/Sep/2011) |
Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1458 | Best | 1662 (10/Jan/2017) |