Bio
Here are some of my favourite games:
Game 15625073 - Forced mate-in-4
Game 15583645 - Simplify to a winning endgame
Game 15504332 - Double mate threat, pawn mate
Game 15548900 - Beautiful no-contact mate
Game 15480680 - King hunt with tempo
Game 15191526 - Knight+2P V rook endgame
Game 15191235 - Queen sacrifice with a smothered mate
Game 15072577 - sacrificing two rooks for the win
Game 14903364 - two bishops & two pawns seal the the king's fate
Game 14545108 - double knight sacrifice create double passed pawns on the 6th
Game 14814051 - pretty end
Game 14168945 - mating net on weak white squares
Game 13076982 - mating net with Zugzwang
Game 12091684 - mate I never planned!
Game 11975244 - Exchanges convert lost position into a bad bishop vs Knight win
Game 10753832 - Attacking sacrifices used to continue a king hunt!
Game 10730319 - a nice positional sacrifice 17. Nd6+! to win
Game 10730328 - pair of knight clearance sacs to win
Game 10748156 - no sacrifices, but a nice mate with a pawn
Game 10875273 - win-in-2. The Dutch Staunton gambit, Nimzovich variation
Game 10970866 - a brutal endgame with a N-R fork
Game 10948658 - Interesting endgame against a strong opponent
Game 10995575 - A pretty rook sacrifice for a quick mate
Game 11051604 - The Dangers of Launching a King-side Pawn Rush
Game 11051605 - Poisoned Pawn on Move 36 provides tempo for a Mate-in-5
Game 11075474 - King hunt ending with a pawn mate
Game 11000533 - Nice N vs B endgame
Game 11197949 - Slow suffocation of a wandering king
Game 11160433 - Mate-in-2 chess problem on move 29
Game 11324701 - Bishop Clearance/Deflection sac on move 9
Game 11350504 - Double-check with mate next move
Game 11151633 - Two pawns down but nice finish
Game 15733989 - Pawn clearance sac on 42
Rating Trend
Rated Won / Drawn / Lost
All Rated
8574 games
As White
4298 games
As Black
4276 games
Stats
- Games Played
- 8791
- Rated
- 8574
- Won
- 4975
- Lost
- 3247
- Drawn
- 569
- In Progress
- 34
- All Moves
- 275421
- Moves This Month
- 346
- Tourn. Entry Rating
- 1709
- Vacation rem' 2024
- 36 days
Rated Color
All
8574 games
Won
4798 games
Lost
3211 games
Drawn
565 games
Rated Timeouts
Won
490 games
Lost
580 games
Historical
Highest Rating | 1757 | 1778 | 1830 |
Average Rating | 1687 | 1589 | 1578 |
Lowest Rating | 1631 | 1331 | 1274 |
Opponent Average Rating | 1538 | 1475 | 1439 |
Games Rated | 67 | 436 | 2414 | 90 days | 1 Year | 5 Years |
---|
Affiliated Clans
Clan Details | Challenges | Games | Points | Name | Last | Won | Lost | Drawn | Won | Lost | Drawn | Net | Gross |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Vino VeritasGrand Cru en 2021 | 20 | 20h 4m | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Son of M.U.T.IM.U.T.I's Ugly Cousin | 6 | 11d | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Affiliated Clubs
Just have fun and never take the game too seriously.
- Members
- 203
- Tournaments
- 6055
- Formed
- 17 Mar 18
Tournament Victories
- Tournament
- 2024 September A gambit 1150-1751
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 July Beatles and Stones Tracks
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 May ---Dark--- 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 April The Andy Griffith Show
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 April RandomPairsChampionships Lvl1 1350-1951
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 November Where do you think you're going? 1330-1831
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 October Super-semi's 1290-1791
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 October Super-semi's 1240-1741
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 September Battlestar Galactica 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 September Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 August Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book 750-1751
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 August The Great Ziegfeld – Oscar winner 1937 700-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 June Long haul trucking to Elephant Head
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 February Tetrarch # 565
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 February Texas Nurse’s 1 and 3 Melee - Feb 550-1651
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 February James Joyce - Ulysses 500-1801
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 February The Sound of Music 600-1801
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 January --Inception-- 500-1801
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 November Long haul trucking to Qiqihar
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 November Texas Nurse’s 1 and 3 Super Melee - Nov 550-1751
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 October 60 --Rocky--
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 October 24 Live and Dangerous – Thin Lizzy
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 September –Harriet--
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 September 06 Live at Leeds – The Who
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 September Tetrarch # 495 1475-2076
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 September Tetrarch # 494 1375-1976
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 September Tetrarch # 492 1075-1676
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 August The Matrix
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 August welcome RunninScared 1100-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 July Felldancer’s Top Flight Fun! July 1500-2001
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 June 2022 Dark Dragon Random Pairs Championships L06 1100-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 May The Revenant
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 May Super-semi's on speed 1275-1876
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 March Long haul trucking to Wagga Wagga
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 March Long haul trucking to Vault of Heaven
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 December Children of the Sea – Black Sabbath
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 December hristopher Priest - Inverted World –
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 November Long haul trucking to Nowhere Else
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 November 051 Jeffrey Deaver - The Empty Chair
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 October Lionel Shriver – We need to talk about Kevin
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 October Tetrarch # 371 1380-1781
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 September At horizons end – Paradise Lost
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 September Space Odyssey – David Bowie
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 September Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 September Peter James – Dead Simple
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 September Michael Faber - Under the skin
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 September Strange Kind of Woman – Deep Purple
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 September Thank you – Led Zeppelin
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 August 028 Kenneth Grahame - The Wind In The Willows
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 May Final Countdown – Europe
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 April bishops opening c5 variation 1150-1851
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 April bishops opening c5 variation 1150-1751
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 February Like a Hurricane – Neil Young and Crazy Horse
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 February French Defence next variation
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 February French Defence 1195-1796
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 February Tennison Gambit 1200-1801
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 January Tattooed Lady – Rory Gallagher
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 January Dancing in the moonlight – Thin Lizzy
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 January With or without you – U2
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 January After six moves . . . 1142-1743
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 January Sideways through time on speed 1325-1826
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 December Fransie 500 club games played
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 November King's gambit accepted Tournament
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 November Fritz trap on speed 1255-1856
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 September Celebrating 50,000 club games!
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 September Latvian Gambit Speed melee!
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 September Slick N Quick!!!
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 August Richard Feynman
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 April Welcome Petewxy
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 April Super-semi's 1500-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 April welcome Michael-Rodrigues
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 April Keep washing your hands! 1050-1651
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 April welcome Tomboniboi
- Private
- Tournament
- 2020 April Ai Fen - Legends of Life 26
- Private
- Tournament
- 2019 October Norfolk Gambit 6...Qxa1
- Private
- Tournament
- 2019 September Tetrarch # 130
- Private
- Tournament
- 2019 September Welcome Grumpydoggy
- Private
- Tournament
- 2019 August 500 games played laurence c
- Private
- Tournament
- 2018 January Danish gambit Tournament
- Private
- Tournament
- 2016 February Latvian Corkscrew Counter-Gambit Tournament
- Private
- Tournament
- 2016 February Vienna Zhuravlev Counter Gambit Tournament
- Private
- Tournament
- 2016 January Dutch, Krejcik Gambit Tournament
- Private
- Tournament
- 2015 December KP Nimzovich defence, Wheeler gambit Tournament
- Private
- Tournament
- 2015 November Bird's Opening Williams gambit Tournament
- Private
- Tournament
- 2015 November Scandinavian gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2015 November Scandinavian Icelandic gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2015 November English Jaenisch gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2015 February QGD Slav Winawer counter-gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 November French Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 November KGD Falkbeer, Morphy gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 November KGD Falkbeer, Nimzovich variation
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 November French Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 October Dutch Staunton gambit, Nimzovich variation
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 October Dutch, Von Pretzel gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 October Ruy Lopez Schliemann defence
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 October QGD Slav Winawer counter-gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 October Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 October Sicilian, Szen variation, Dely-Kasparov gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 September King's gambit Octagon 1/0
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 August Ruy Lopez Schliemann defence
- Private
- Tournament
- 2014 January Nimzo-Indian Leningrad, b5 gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2013 December Sicilian Najdorf, poisoned pawn offered
- Private
- Tournament
- 2013 July French Alapin variation
- Private
- Tournament
- 2013 June Viennese Nightmare: `Frankenstein-Dracula' variation
- Private
- Tournament
- 2013 June Viennese Dreams 8: Adams' gambit
- Private
- Tournament
- 2012 December Sokolsky Opening Banded Octets 1700-1850
- Public
- Tournament
- 2011 December Mini Banded Duel VI 1700-1750
- Public
- Tournament
- 2011 October Mini Banded Duel II 1700-1750
- Public
- Tournament
- 2011 April All welcome
- Private
- Tournament
- 2010 September Quartets XI
- Public
- Tournament
- 2010 August Octet II
- Public
- Tournament
- 2010 January Grand Split Three Seven II
- Public
- Tournament
- 2010 January Mini Banded Duel II 1750-1800
- Public
- Tournament
- 2009 October Long Haul Quartets II
- Public
- Tournament
- 2008 May The Littlest Tournament 2 II
- Private
- Tournament
- 2008 April My first created tournament
- Private
Awards
Playing for 20 years
Ladder Rank
Notes
Moves This Month is the number of moves made since the 1st of the month.
Highest Rating excludes provisional (first 20) games.
Tournament Entry Rating is calculated by the formula (CurrentRating + HighestRating) / 2.
The entry rating will never drop to more than 100 points below your Highest Rating.
Rated stats are updated within 24 hours of the last completed rated game.
Last refreshed on 21 Nov 24.