hello my name is Laurent from Paris, France, 39 y.o. - my picture is there --> http://www.chessclub.com/mugshots/SaltofLife.jpg, I'm the proud father of 3 little boys
I love women, smiles, philosophy, singing, acting, dancing, eating and teaching
My hope in life is to be a good father and make my future wife happy - UPDATE 11 Jun 06 - now I know I've found her :-) UPDATE 11 Aug 06 She's expecting a baby !!! update 19 nov 06 we're finally living together ! - nov, 24th old stories are going away...UPDATE 11 Apr 07 our son is born !!! :-))) Is 11 my lucky n
I love poetry too and people who say a lot without words. It's a wonderful life
"if you wanna find treasure, you gotta DIG" - Iron-Monkey ; je donne des cours sur Paris et RP - vous pouvez m'ecrire si vous etes interesse - chess teacher in and around Paris
elo FIDE = 2050 - my aim is 2100 = black belt ! best ever performance = 2181, beating a GM on the way
the new 4P's revisited : Purpose, Plan, Price and Passion :-) (thanks to thilroy) - Let's throw simPlicity in as well...
"Ah ! Si les hommes voulaient s'aider ! Ah ! Si les femmes voulaient ceder !" "Le sexe masculin est ce qu'il y a de plus leger au monde : une simple pensee le souleve" (Frederic Dard) - merci Gavroche
my time zone is European Central Time (Paris, Madrid) GMT+1, that's ICC server time +6 hrs.
"Quantum Mechanics - the dreams stuff is made of" - borrowed from uni ; "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching" - from LoserFreak - So true and so difficult to implement :)
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| Type | Wild | Rating | 1523 | Best | |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1716 | Best | 1925 (24/Jun/2006) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 1938 | Best | 2124 (29/Apr/2007) |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1747 | Best | 1893 (06/Mar/2012) |
| Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1856 | Best | 1974 (14/Jun/2009) |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1511 | Best | 1626 (28/Jul/2014) |
| Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1681 | Best |