"Its important to look ahead, but even more important to look around." CSP
"Strategy requires thought, tactics require vision." ME
"If Morphy were alive today and given six months to brush up on opening theory, he'd be the second best player in the world." RJF
"Why must I lose to these idiots?!" AN
"I should've castled but I didn't want to spend the money." MT
...and divorced his first wife saying "we were like bishops of opposite colours." BS
"When I am white, I win because I am white; when I am black, I win because I am Bogolyubov!"
Pillsbury contracted a form of syphilis during the St Petersburg quadrangular of 1895-6 where at the half-way mark he led the four players with 6 1/2 out of 9, including 2 wins over world champion Lasker, but collapsed in the second half. 1 1/2 of 9.
"The unconscious attraction to chess is not as a game but rather the more serious matter of father murder." RF
Physician. Delaware, USA. Thanks for the game; appreciate your play.
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Wild | Rating | 1165 | Best | |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1715 | Best | 1909 (05/Aug/2013) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 2017 | Best | 2056 (03/Dec/2014) |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 1184 | Best | |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1264 | Best | |
| Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1827 | Best | 1956 (23/Jan/2018) |
| Type | Chess960 | Rating | 1418 | Best |