Greetings from Ruslan Scherbakov (Satka, Ural Mountains, Russia - plus 10 hours from ICC)!
4 2 or 3 2 blitz is preferable. It's rather comfortable time control because I have enough time to explain for my wife how strong am I playing and that she will be a witness of my triumph very soon..... WHAT??????...Why I got married?????????? :)
3 0 or 5 0 is also playable :)
If you want to prove your mouse is better please challenge another player and play bullet from the very beginning :)
I play for fun not for points. Don't forget to offer a draw in a dead-drawn position if you still have a second or two :)
Sorry if I do not answer to your tell. Sometimes messages drop down to me like a waterfall. I just cannot type quickly or probably missed some of them - sometimes I switch the speakers off not to wake up my babies :)
I like beautiful studies very much. You can see one of my favourites in my library. I know this position since 1987 (I believe it is much older) despite it was published somewhere in 1990 but still failed to know the author - would be much thankful for any info about him... :)
I am a vendor on the ICC and available for lessons, games, analysis...
Nowadays I am a coach rather than a player... Maybe already forgot how to play chess ... :))
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| Type | Rating | Best | |||
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| Type | Wild | Rating | 1499 | Best | |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 2794 | Best | 3148 (08/Apr/2002) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 2515 | Best | |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 2271 | Best | 2312 (21/Apr/2001) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 2502 | Best | 2545 (23/Oct/2009) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 2132 | Best | 2205 (28/Oct/2008) |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 2259 | Best | 2259 (20/Nov/2020) |
| Type | Chess960 | Rating | 1995 | Best | 1995 (19/Feb/2020) |