Hi! I'm Jack Jeffery (aka JackJ) from Virginia, USA
Favorite Openings: French, King's Indian, Ruy Lopez. Occasionally play Veresov's Opening and King's Indian Attack as white and Nimzo-Indian and Sicilian as black.
Fav Players:Kasparov,Karpov,Fischer,Keres,Gligoric,Bronstein,Geller,Korchnoi,Uhlmann,Petrosian
Favorite Instructors: IM John Watson, IM Andrew Martin, GM Christiansen, IM Dvoretsky, IM Sielecki
Fav Chess Books: My Great Predecessors (Kasparov), Think Like a GM (Kotov), Zurich 1953 (Bronstein)
Other interests: music production - my music is available at https://soundcloud.com/jjeffery
I play guitar, keyboards, and trumpet
Fan of all types of music, including classic rock from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, & Alan Parsons
I'm a huge bluegrass music fan, including Bill Monroe & Ralph Stanley
I enjoy 5 minute blitz games on ICC, but also play in USCF tournaments
Type | Rating | Best | |||
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Type | Blitz | Rating | 1527 | Best | 1739 (04/Nov/2007) |
Type | Bullet | Rating | 1086 | Best | |
Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1677 | Best | 1898 (21/Dec/2023) |
Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1320 | Best | |
Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1469 | Best | |
Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1393 | Best |