professional chess coach and amateur poker player
There's more on heaven and Earth, Horatio, than you've dreamt of in your philosophy
proud coach of 18 Austin Texas juniors.
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved: Marcus Aurelius Antonius
True Budo is love.
Intense love of one's fellow man, woman, and child beats all the money and chess trophies in the world.
Springfield Missouri Champion 2004. Rochester Ny champion, 2008. Austin Chess club Co-champion, 2012
failure is illusion. The path to mastery has many valleys.
Coach Craig LaSalle
I've been beat up, I've been thrown out But I'm not down, I'm not down I've been shown up, but I've grown up And I'm not down, I'm not down
Type | Rating | Best | |||
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Type | Wild | Rating | 1629 | Best | |
Type | Blitz | Rating | 2055 | Best | 2203 (05/Sep/2012) |
Type | Standard | Rating | 1939 | Best | 2040 (23/Mar/2013) |
Type | Bullet | Rating | 1959 | Best | 2062 (25/Mar/2014) |
Type | Loser's | Rating | 1582 | Best | |
Type | Crazyhouse | Rating | 1263 | Best | |
Type | 5-minute | Rating | 2067 | Best | 2217 (05/Nov/2012) |
Type | 1-minute | Rating | 2031 | Best | 2162 (12/Jan/2018) |
Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1892 | Best | 2065 (26/Mar/2011) |
Type | 3-minute | Rating | 2034 | Best | 2164 (02/Nov/2012) |
Type | Chess960 | Rating | 1641 | Best | |
Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1586 | Best |