I like chess, and I've written a great deal about it here. My chess writeups are listed below, sorted by category, should you be inclined to read them.

• General
• Gambit play in chess - New!
• Tournament chess
• Chess etiquette
• United States Chess Champions
• United States Chess Federation
• Searching for Bobby Fischer
• Paul Morphy
• Garry Kasparov
• Patzer
• intensely hilarious chess adventures
• Instruction
• Tempo in Chess
• Tactical Chess
• Advanced Chess Tactics
• Positional Chess
• Openings
• Alapin-Diemer Gambit
• Austrian Attack
• Bishop's Opening
• Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
• Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit
• Diemer-Duhm Gambit
• French Defense
• Fried Liver Attack
• Halloween Attack
• King's Indian Attack
• Modern Defense
• Scandinavian Defense
• Scotch Four Knights Game
• Urusov Gambit
• Winkelmann-Reimer Gambit - New!
• Endgames
• Queen vs Knight Endgames
• Queen vs Rook Endgames
• Rook vs Knight Endgames
• Triangulation

Thanks go to the many of you who have written saying you are enjoying my chess nodes (also to those of you who have spent C!s and upvotes).

/chatterbox OFF

The following comments have brought me closer to E2 nirvana:

2004.05.06 at 23:13 Ashley Pomeroy says "If you control the center, you control the board" is now my personal motto.

2004.05.21 at 18:15 dem bones says re Alapin-Diemer Gambit: The Perfect Node.

2005.02.01 at 22:40 Aerobe says re H.P. Lovecraft: Oh dear god, what a PERFECT first sentence. Very cleverly written and I adore the heck out of this. great job!

2005.05.03 at 18:12 Webster 1913 says You're a silly monkey.

Explorer  	86%
Killer 	        60%
Achiever 	26%
Socializer 	26%

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Economic Left/Right: -7.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.31

If you've made it this far, go visit my friend or my fiancee. There's nothing of interest beyond this point.