Xenos2112

I play chess frequently. I'm not a *great* player, and I often overlook the small things that can cost me a game... Apparently, even moreso on this 2D board... I much prefer an ACTUAL board, makes a huge difference.

However, Lady Luck does tend to smile on me, and I'm known to make BIG comebacks.

I play to win. I don't do this "Play to not lose" thing... However, I also know when to throw in the towel. No sense in continuing a lost cause, discresion is the better part of valour!

Now, on to about me as a person, not a chess player:
I am a husband, and a father. I have a beautiful daughter, she's the light of my life, and LOVES chess pieces.

I am a semipro musician, in the band "Flightless Phoenix." I do guitar and vocals.

I play guitar, bass, drums, some keyboards, cello, and a bit of harmonica. I'm also pretty darn decent at the vibraphone.

I have four electric guitars, four electric basses, two cellos (I'm restoring both), an acoustic guitar, an electric drum pad, and a chord organ.

Guitars:
Vox Bulldog 6-String
Ibanez RG350DX
Ibanez ICX-120 Iceman
Lyon By Washburn Strat copy with killswitch mod
Aria AD-75 Acoustic

Basses:
Fender MiM P-Bass with '61 reissue pickups
Rogue LX205B Series II 5-String Bass
Unknonw Manufacture Fretless bass, tryriche body
GTX300 5-string bass (restoring)

Effects (In no particular order):
Ibanez SM7 Smashbox
Ibanez AW5 Auto Wah
Vox V847 Wah-Wah
Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
Ibanez DS7 Distortion
Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer
Ibanez SM7 Smashbox Distortion

Amplification:
Fender Frontman 65R
Vox Pathfinder 15R
Crate BX-15

Drums:
Yamaha YDD-60
Jet Percussion 5-Piece shell pack, with an extra Sound System bass drum (restorations in process)

Chord Organ:
Magnus Model 391

Extras:
Boss RC-50 Loop Station

All I know about the cellos are one's a 4/4, one's a 3/4. The 4/4 is a Kay Model 70, I think is what the sticker inside it says... Very old, very