Greetings from New Mexico, USA. That's the squared-off thingy between Arizona and Texas, never mind what the Wall Street Journal thinks. Yes, we speak English; no, it's not an international call from New York.
Musician for fun, but nuclear physicist for profit. It's a lot easier to make ends meet that way than the other way around.
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TriviaBot 30,000th Question contest has ended. Prize winners were PopeJohn, DragginLady, porcospino, bookman and Zarek. Thanks to everyone who played and helped reconstruct the data base.
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Not as active here as previously. Life moves on.
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Despite my rating, I've scored decently against IMs (about 30%), but am 0-for-ICC vs. GMs. Those guys know something about chess that I don't -- obviously.
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Wild | Rating | 1881 | Best | 2089 (06/Sep/2000) |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1877 | Best | 2176 (02/May/1998) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 1883 | Best | |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 1789 | Best | 2029 (09/Mar/1999) |
| Type | Bughouse | Rating | 1732 | Best | 1913 (18/Jul/1999) |
| Type | Loser's | Rating | 1701 | Best | 1924 (20/Jul/2003) |
| Type | Crazyhouse | Rating | 1581 | Best | 1722 (28/May/2005) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 2001 | Best |