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| bio | website | slowbrand.com |
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| location | San Francisco, CA | |
| age | 38 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
| seen | Nov 18 '12 at 6:10 | |
| stats | profile views | 22 |
Entrepreneur, sometime hacker, blogger, writer, chef and fan.
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Mar 19 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Feb 3 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 14 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Nov 9 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Nov 5 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Oct 7 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Jun 10 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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May 4 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Apr 23 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Feb 3 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Jan 4 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jan 2 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 12 |
comment |
When is it a good time to offer a draw in chess, and when should I accept one? Actually you play for a draw at times when it is to your advantage in a tournament to draw - often if one player can win in a tournament even with a drawn game their opponent will be at a disadvantage. High level (i.e. grandmaster) play also has historically seen many games where the choice of openings was, in essence, a signal to the other player that a draw was somewhat desired (i.e. playing an opening that at grandmaster level play typically leads to a drawn game vs. an opening with far less decided results or "best lines" is a signal. |
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Oct 31 |
revised |
What are good resources or techniques to improve one's offence or finishing game? fixed a minor typo |
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Oct 7 |
answered | What are good resources or techniques to improve one's offence or finishing game? |
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Sep 29 |
answered | What techniques should I use to teach my 5-year old to play chess? |
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Aug 31 |
comment |
Lasting games in the past century having played both Dominion and Magic the Gathering I disagree. Dominion is a good game but lacks the depth and complexity of pro-level MtG (I played in the early tournaments including the first world championship and though I was more focused on being a MtG dealer for a time I had many friends who were serious pro-tour players - winning major tournaments and traveling around the world). I haven't kept up with MtG but the range of tournament types and ongoing pro-tour shows it is still very popular |
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Aug 31 |
revised |
Are There Any Real-Life Applications of Chess? fixed a typo / clarified a point about Lasker's book |
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Aug 29 |
answered | Using the Baron |
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Aug 17 |
answered | One vs Many board games |
