Greetings!
Je parle un petit peu de francais.
I am an Emergency Physician living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
I value sportsmanship over ratings points.
GM David Bronstein writes the most enertaining books; I highly recommend them!
fracas= a noisy disturbance or battle; derived from the French fracasser= make an uproar!
Fracas was also the name of my cat (1988-2005) He was magificient.
HAL-Frank Poole, on the way to Jupiter, 2001. (Roesch-Schlage,Hamburg, 1913) : 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5?! Nxd5!? 10. Nxe5 Nf4 11.Qe4 Nxe5 12. Qxa8?? Qd3 13. Bd1 Bh3 14. Qxa6 Bxg2 15. Re1 Qf3 .
...and white resigns (16. Bxf3 Nxf3 mate) Note that 12. d4 was indicated rather than falling into the trap!
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher.........Van Morrison
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Wild | Rating | 1456 | Best | |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1176 | Best | 1612 (27/Dec/1996) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 1254 | Best | 1828 (04/Jul/1997) |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 985 | Best | 1469 (11/Jan/1997) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1400 | Best |