greenpawn34

Rating 1918

Not accepting new challenges
Daily ChessLast move 312 days 12 hours and 8 minutes ago

About greenpawn34

Hi,

I'm Geoff Chandler, a chess bum, hacker and cheapo merchant.

Blog 4 is the blog I do for RHP where I use games played on RHP.

I learned how to play chess when I was 6 or 7 by watching
my father. He was playing dominoes at the time and I kept
telling him what to play. Eventually he locked me in a cupboard
under the stairs where I found an old chess set, a torch and
a Fred Reinfeld book on Opening Traps.

I was in that cupboard for 18 years, when I came out I was a chess genius.

Somehow round about the Fischer boom I got good.
My first ever rating was 1720 (that was 1974).

I ran my own chess magazine 'Capatal (sic) Chess', full of
jokes, games from local players and other such nonsense.

Joint wrote a book with Danny Kopec and friends. 'Master Chess' I did the Tactics section.

I then tied first for the Scottish Open. Grade up to 2200 something.
(with todays rating inflation that's 2900 something!)

My picture appeared in a paper and some man who opened up a shop selling games,
jigsaws and chess computers wanted me to promote his chess computers.

I said 'No', he said £100 a week. I said Yes! (in 1984 £100 p/w was good money.)

Alas no more weekend chess so practically gave up the game, including
the magazine though played in league matches and wrote a few articles.

Wrote 'Rampant Chess' with Keith Ruxton, and awarded Scottish Player of the Year 2010.

Favourite Books: Catch 22, Three Men in a Boat and Treasure Island.

Favourite Chess Book: 'Tarrasch's Best Games' by Reinfeld.

There I can only tell you what book I know gave me a leg up.
Not sure about GM's recommending new books for students,
how do they know it will do any good. They are already good!

The Student has to come back in 40 years and tell us if it was any good.

Every Chess player is my friend.

Develop, Check all Checks and watch those unprotected pieces.

Rating Trend (last 50 games)

Rated Won / Drawn / Lost

All Rated

1689 games

As White

850 games

As Black

839 games

Daily ChessStats

Games Played1761
Rated1689
Won1380
Lost191
Drawn190
In Progress0
All Moves42492
Moves This Month0
Rating1918
Tourn. Entry Rating1918
Vacation rem' 202436 days

Rated Color

All

1689 games

Won

1320 games

Lost

187 games

Drawn

182 games

Rated Timeouts

Won

79 games

Lost

0 games

Historical

90 days1 Year5 Years
Highest Rating191819212006
Average Rating191818781884
Lowest Rating191818041767
Opponent Average Rating112414921487
Games Rated1117781
  • Moves This Month is the number of moves made since the 1st of the month.
  • Highest Rating excludes provisional (first 20) games.
  • Tournament Entry Rating is calculated by the formula (CurrentRating + HighestRating) / 2. The entry rating will never drop to more than 100 points below your Highest Rating.
  • Rated stats are updated within 24 hours of the last completed rated game.
  • Last refreshed on 12 May '23 .

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