Tom DiMarco from Red Hill, PA about 25 miles from Allentown, PA and 40 miles from Philadelphia.
Taught chess by my mother Susann at about nine and helped by my father and friends to improve.
I won my middle school in 8th grade and placed the other years.
I was a member of my high school chess club and colleges (Lehigh University and Columbia University)
My favorite quote is by Savielly Tartakover
"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake"
Larry Christen sells his books here larryC for $20 he autographs them.
My favorite chess book is Winning Chess by Irving Chenev. Reuben Fine is a very good author.
I am a member of the North Penn Chess Club - http://www.northpennchessclub.org
My favorite players are: Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, and Yermolinsky. I was formerly DiMarco here.
Type | Rating | Best | |||
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Type | Blitz | Rating | 1249 | Best | 1311 (24/Sep/2012) |
Type | Bullet | Rating | 1036 | Best | |
Type | Loser's | Rating | 1318 | Best | |
Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1301 | Best | 1583 (07/May/2020) |
Type | 1-minute | Rating | 550 | Best | |
Type | 15-minute | Rating | 758 | Best | |
Type | 3-minute | Rating | 900 | Best | 933 (31/Mar/2019) |