I'm a 32 year old Show Me Stater with a wife, two kids, and more pets than is good for your sanity. I have a BS in Biology and spend my 8 to 5 working at a veterinary clinic.
Aside from chess I am an avid home brewer (check out my blog at redneckhomebrewing.com). I also have interests in entomology, herpetology, and enjoy a good cigar.
I often have an unhealthy infatuation with gambits and unorthodox openings (such as 1.g4). You have been warned!
"A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk." - Lenoid Shamkovich
"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-the-last mistake." - Savielly Tartakover
I use SCID for game analysis and general study. It is an open source database program (similar to Chessbase). If you would like to know more please visit http://scid.sourceforge.net and of course feel free to ask questions via tells or messages.
When time permits I analyse some games and write some posts for the local chess club. Check them out here: http://www.joplinchess.org
These days I am usually playing via the Chess at ICC app on my Kindle.
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1629 | Best | |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 2095 | Best | 2146 (17/Feb/2015) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1442 | Best | 1445 (17/Jan/2016) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1287 | Best | |
| Type | Correspondence | Rating | 1620 | Best | |
| Type | 15-minute | Rating | 2050 | Best | 2077 (09/Jan/2015) |
| Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1870 | Best | 1895 (02/Apr/2016) |