I'm a former soldier who is now making a living in the civilian world. The only battles for me now are on the 64 squares. My favorite players of yesteryear include: Morphy, Lasker, Rubenstein and my fav. Capablanca. I prefer this mental challenge to any other games and enjoy a good challenge. I am esp. fascinated with the depth-of-insight type moves of these players and always try to extract the very most possible from seemingly inert positions.
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.
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We aim to be the cleanest club on the site by allowing only genuine OTB players in. We aim to have a maximum in the region of 100 active members (i.e. members playing > 10 games a month) and will only evict inactive members after at least 100 days.