Professor of Political Science & International Studies and avid, globe-trotting chess player. Originally from Luxembourg, I have lived in the U.S. (1994-99; 2004-present), Hong Kong (1999-2000), Singapore (2000-2001), and Seoul, South Korea (2001-2004).
Note that I WILL claim a win due to time-out. If you'd like to avoid that, change your status appropriately so that you won't suffer from that, for I will resort to it even if I'm in a technically lost position. Otherwise, what's the point of playing on
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