My name is M.J. from North Bay, Ontario. I'm 31 years young. I hate alcohol, I don't drink alcohol. My favorite time of the day is 4:20 Always time for 4-20 Any day. 😛 I'm trying to graduate for my high-school upgrading- I dropped out of school early in teen-years. I'm in the Herbaholics, also friends with Cat's Whiskers. I'm from Edmonton, however my Dad and girlfriend live here... so I moved from Alberta. I'm in my 2nd year of playing-chess. I need lots, lots, and lots of practice. So come on, try me. I need to lose lots, so I can be a winner!! 😛 There's more to live than just chess... like having daily sex, loving your friends/family, playing runescape/streetwars (games-online) , caring for pets, doing chores... ect. ect. P.S. Never confuse intelligence with nerdi/geekiness. 🙂 add 024fourtwenty420 (on streetwars) TIP: Use your bishops quickly, so you can activate your knights. Bishops provide the knights defence-need. Chess Guidelines 1. Castle (prefer KingSide) don't be pinned/checked, so you can't 2. Move King's-Pawn (prefer up 2 spaces) allowing bishops/ Queen to attack/defend 3. Don't block path's via Pawns, never restrict your knights/ bishops/ Queen's movement 4. Limit moving Pawns (yours/theirs) until path safe to Queen 5. Don't allow valuable pieces in danger from possible checks 6. Get control of centre-board, defend centre board safely 7. Rooks are better in the middle area path/lines 8. Anticipate (possible) checks, even if King's protected to avoid unavoidable forks 9. Protecting King is primary focus (1st objective) POINT SYSTEM pawns- 1point, bishops/knights-3points, rooks- 5points, Queens-9 points, and Kings- 100points! Don't neglect king, use forks to endanger other King (pins too) controlling middle-board helps this strategy 10. Never allow your pieces to get (pinned/forked) by being in front/ or path of King- or Queen. 🙂 Next New Topic: ... I need mobbies on streetwars send me a mob-request PLEASE!! ALL will-be accepted.