I originally found this site when looking for puzzles to fill one particularly long day at my desk. Since then I've been visiting daily to 'look at' the puzzles. I joined the site as a premium member to get historical puzzles and use the excellent <guess-the-move> tool. It is highly recommended; it turns a whole game into a whole bunch of puzzles with scores and everything. I don't know what my ELO rating is but I'm sure it improved my IQ by more than a dozen points! (if you're not one already, and you suddenly feel the urge to become a premium member after reading this, let me know, I'll get a transfer into the sales department...)

Being down-under means seeing the puzzles almost a day late when I access them at lunch time. If I wait a couple of hours I'm sure I can be one of those who like to claim being <FIRST> every day, although haven't seen much of that in a while...

I wish I could post more often, but by the time I'm on everything's been done to death. Or mate, really!

I love knights! The darn things are so unpredictable! This one time (at chess camp?) I managed to win a game with two knights versus the bishop pair. My opponent had better position and material so I managed a swindle and forced myself into a drawn position. He sac'ed one of his bishops to prevent the draw and ended up losing! (ha-ha!)

And finally, the username is an obvious homage to the one and only, the musical genius, the late(*) Michael Jackson...

<Favourite player>: don't know enough to have one!

<Favourite opening>: the one that works...

<Favourite end-game>: I have a queen, the other guy doesn't...