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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
8559 games
As White
4292 games
As Black
4267 games
Stats
- Games Played
- 8776
- Rated
- 8559
- Won
- 4969
- Lost
- 3240
- Drawn
- 567
- In Progress
- 39
- All Moves
- 275024
- Moves This Month
- 787
- Tourn. Entry Rating
- 1722
- Vacation rem' 2024
- 36 days
Rated Color
All
8559 games
Won
4792 games
Lost
3204 games
Drawn
563 games
Rated Timeouts
Won
490 games
Lost
580 games
Historical
Highest Rating | 1757 | 1778 | 1830 |
Average Rating | 1698 | 1589 | 1577 |
Lowest Rating | 1650 | 1331 | 1274 |
Opponent Average Rating | 1518 | 1471 | 1438 |
Games Rated | 64 | 448 | 2410 | 90 days | 1 Year | 5 Years |
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Affiliated Clans
Clan Details | Challenges | Games | Points | Name | Last | Won | Lost | Drawn | Won | Lost | Drawn | Net | Gross |
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In Vino VeritasGrand Cru en 2021 | 20 | 1h 54m | 158 | 42 | 50 | 1101 | 693 | 183 | 1200 | 1516 | |
Son of M.U.T.IM.U.T.I's Ugly Cousin | 6 | 2d 20h | 8 | 19 | 5 | 79 | 117 | 13 | (60) | 67 |
Affiliated Clubs
Just have fun and never take the game too seriously.
- Members
- 204
- Tournaments
- 6028
- 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
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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.
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