Chess, Rated US Chess Federation Chess Player, currently ranked 187th in State of Washington, top 27% nationwide. Recently competed in 2012 US Open Blitz Championship in Vancouver WA.
Member of four person team, winning under 1700 Section of 2011 41st World Team Amateur out of approximately 54 teams (Chess ‘Final Four’ event). Expert in chess databases and heuristics including ChessBase11 software. Selected participant for the under 1900 team for the 2012 42nd World Team Amateur, February 2012.
Ranked in top fifty in world, out of 1,700+ ‘active chess tacticians’, at Chess Tactics Server, web-hosted chess training site. Member since March 2005.