Travis Olson, peaked at 1920 USCF in June 2014, currently 1860, born in 1991. I was deprived of chess as a kid. Now I'm hastily trying to make up for it. I'm entirely self-taught, with no outside influences that brought be into chess, except my high school chess team!
I was President of the University of Washington Chess Club from Jan 2011 thru Mar 2012, and then led the UW Bothell Chess Club from Oct 2012 thru Dec 2013. Before that I was 1st-3rd board on my high school chess team, only rated 1200-1400 (started out 800) in scholastics at the time.
I did not start playing USCF until Feb 2012. Currently a chess coach looking for excited and ambitious/self-motivated students!
Anyone who ever cared about quality chess would play on an increment.
When deciding whether or not to "play up a section", my motto is this: Play for experience when it's cheap, and play to win when it's expensive!
The ability to think and problem-solve in a non-time-pressured environment are my greatest weapons. Without them, I am lost.
(Hint: This is why I suck at blitz! I am open for advice though.)
Some people cannot handle the truth. I strive every day to seek it out.
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1418 | Best | 1561 (06/Apr/2015) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 1813 | Best | 1890 (28/Apr/2014) |
| Type | Bullet | Rating | 1393 | Best | 1411 (21/Jul/2015) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1514 | Best | 1537 (25/Jul/2015) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1136 | Best | 1248 (02/Jul/2014) |
| Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1756 | Best | 1856 (05/Nov/2014) |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1380 | Best | 1380 (25/Jul/2015) |
| Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1685 | Best |