homedepotov

homedepotov

Chess Player homedepotov Profile

Rating 1448
Flag ISO 840
Accepting all games*
Daily ChessLast move 19 Jul 15

Bio

I will pay $1,000 to anyone who can checkmate me in the first 30 moves of a blitz game.

Born and raised in Liverpool, England. I actually once exchanged a few words with John Lennon's aunt Mimi who was walking down the sidewalk near where she lived.

I played competitive chess as a kid inspired by the 1978 match Korchnoi vs. Karpov, and Red Hot Pawn has renewed my enthusiasm for the game.

I think the greatest players are/were Kasparov, Fischer, Karpov, Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, Morphy, Anand, and Kramnik, but my favorite players are Tal, Spassky and Bronstein.

Right now all eyes are on Magnus Carlsen. Only 23, he tops the FIDE ratings chart with a historical all-time high rating. I admire his incredible positional judgement and his ability to get wins from seemingly dry situations. His mastery of the middle-to-end game transition is second to none.

Others: I love Anand's dynamic chess career and sterling personality. He's been a noble former chess king. I will hurl fresh cow feces at those who say he's over the hill and needs to retire. His tournament results since he lost the championship have been stellar!

I played a simul against Nigel Short at the 2012 London Chess Classic, and after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 he played 5.d4, looked at me and said, "You didn't pay attention to my lecture, did you?" Hours prior at a live-broadcast analysis session I attended, Short had detailed the problems associated with playing the ...e6 ...g6 Sicilian setup against a KIA setup prior to white's d3, allowing white to play d4 without losing tempo, creating long-term dark square weaknesses for black. Being schooled* by a super-GM is the highlight of my chess "career".

The game was abandoned at move 33 because I had tickets to Red Fang, a local Pacific North West heavy rock group I know, who happened to be on tour in London that evening - I could NOT miss them, their manager got me on the door list.

Rating Trend

50 games

Rated Won / Drawn / Lost

All Rated

318 games

As White

129 games

As Black

189 games

Stats
Daily Chess
Games Played
332
Rated
318
Won
174
Lost
145
Drawn
13
In Progress
0
All Moves
9335
Moves This Month
0
Tourn. Entry Rating
1448

Rated Color

All

318 games

Won

165 games

Lost

140 games

Drawn

13 games

Rated Timeouts

Won

25 games

Lost

6 games

Historical

Highest Rating144814481448
Average Rating144814271222
Lowest Rating14481412968
Opponent Average Rating143415521284
Games Rated1687
90 days1 Year5 Years

Affiliated Clans

No affiliated clans

Affiliated Clubs

No affiliated clubs

Tournament Victories

No tournament wins yet

User Id
#215013
Joined
17 Jan 06
Last Daily Move
19 Jul 15
Last Live Game
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Awards

  • Rated player

Ladder Rank

No ladder entered

Notes

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 20 Jul 15.

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