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waustad
Member since Aug-26-07 · Last seen Nov-30-23
I was USCF 1739 the last time I played tournament chess, but I always preferred playing blitz. I quit playing tournament chess when I hurt my back, since sitting on those horrid folding metal chairs at a weekend Swiss for hours at a time was no longer an option.

I started taking the game seriously during Fischer vs Spassky like so many of my countrymen, but I was already 22 so it was a little late to get all that good. I was in my mid 30s when I played in my first tournament and my last rating change happened in 1988.

I occasionally play at http://www.athensuncorked.com/ most often on Tuesday afternoons, but am willing other times.

Here is a fun game I played years ago:

NN vs William Austad
Offhand game
Ohio University
Baker Center (the original one)
197?
1.) d4 Nf6
2.) c4 g6
3.) Nc3 Bg7
4.) e4 d6
5.) g3 Nbd7
6.) Nge2 c5
7.) d5 Ne5
8.) b3?? Nf3#


click for larger view

German Bundesliga: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

Some useful links:
Chessbomb: http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/
365chess: http://www.365chess.com/
Chessbase: http://www.chessbase.com/
Chess-results: http://chess-results.com/
FIDE ratings: http://ratings.fide.com/
World clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo... Diaz cartoons: http://www.chessvibes.com/cartoons USCF ratings: http://www.uschess.org/content/blog...

Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/

Olimpbase Old Ratings: http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/

Tactical puzzles: http://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics...

PGN Upload Utility

Chess ticker: http://www.chess-international.de/

M60MG: Game Collection: My 60 Memorable Games (Bobby Fischer)

Pun List: Game Collection: Game of the Day Pun Index (A - Boey)

FIDE norm regs: https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook....

From here on it is likely that things will change a lot. Faves will be more likely added than dropped, but who knows. Anybody I have trouble finding via the search facility is likely to be added to the faves list. I'll try to keep links for tournaments that interest me so they'll show some of my preferences. This is mainly for my convenience but anybody who wishes is welcome to use this as a convenient way to find things. If you me want to add something to the profile, post something in the forum and I'll think about it.

Games from the German Frauenbundesliga:
(old): http://teleschach.de/bundesliga/bl-... (2014/2015): http://chess-international.de/ticke...

FBL: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/i... http://nsv-online.de/ligen/fbl/

CG Bundesliga page: Bundesliga (2014/15)

Bundesliga stats: http://statistik.godesbergersk.de/s...

Live: https://chess24.com/de/watch/live-t...

Austrian Bundesliga:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr171...

Austrian FBL:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr187...

Austrian chess sites: http://www.chess.at/
http://www.schach.at/

chess-results live games: http://chess-results.com/live.aspx

ChessbaseTV Austria: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb...

Some faves, sometimes chosen for search issues, including problems with hyphenated names or spelling. If I've had trouble finding the player in a search it may be enough reason to make the list:

Eva Moser

Magnus Carlsen

Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov

Jeffery Xiong

Viktorija Cmilyte

Richard Rapport

Bent Larsen

Rudolf Spielmann

Murray Chandler

Jon Ludvig Hammer

Alexander Grischuk

Emil Davidovich Sutovsky

Irina Krush

Veronika Exler

Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava

Robert Kreisl

Davit Shengelia

Peter Schreiner

Yifan Hou

Anna-Lena Schnegg

Simon Kim Williams

Pia Cramling

Duncan Suttles

Anna-Christina Kopinits

Georg Froewis

Ticia Gara

Helene Mira

Georg Danner

Shen Yang

Valentin Dragnev

Nils Grandelius

Lisa Hapala

Yu Yangyi

Andreas Diermair

Carl Schlechter

Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez

Markus Ragger

Elisabeth Paehtz

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant

Hans Multhopp

Daniel Malek

Grzegorz Gajewski

Natalia Pogonina

Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih

Zdenko Kozul

Katharina Newrkla

Vasily Smyslov

Alina L'Ami

Samuel Sevian

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian

Karl Robatsch

Silje Bjerke

Ketino Georgiyevna Kachiani-Gersinska

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Marta Bartel

Paula Kalmar-Wolf

Johannes Kerschbaumer

Richard Singer

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User: chessgames.com

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User: Phony Benoni

User: Benzol

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   waustad has kibitzed 9359 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Nov-17-23 Aldiyar Ansat
 
waustad: The young Asian players are amazing. All along the original road that led from chaturanga to modern European style chess there are many strong young players.
 
   Nov-15-23 Alexandra Kosteniuk (replies)
 
waustad: With online options available, she can play in the European team champs and a women’s blitz championship concurrently. I suspect that the day she plays Vaishali R the Swiss will not have her playing.
 
   Nov-04-23 FIDE Grand Swiss (Women) (2023) (replies)
 
waustad: Yes, Pia is a phenomenon. I’ve followed her game since she was the cute Swedish teenager on the cover of Chess Life.
 
   Oct-21-23 Nodirbek Abdusattorov
 
waustad: And, the one we’ve heard of lost.
 
   Oct-17-23 Aleksandra Goryachkina
 
waustad: When will we again see a woman challenging for the top like Judit Polgar? She’ll have to be very strong and perhaps even tougher personally.
 
   Oct-17-23 United States Championship (2023) (replies)
 
waustad: Copying a whole post, deleting the original, and then pasting into an editable windoiw to fix is more trouble than it is worth to make corrections.
 
   Oct-09-23 Joshua Sheng
 
waustad: FIDE confirms the GM title. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/20...
 
   Sep-18-23 Thomas Beerdsen
 
waustad: He’s now a GM.
 
   Mar-03-23 Anna-Christina Kopinits
 
waustad: She now is being referred to by her maiden name.
 
   Mar-01-23 Carissa Yip (replies)
 
waustad: After looking at a few games, she plays interesting chess. A strange opening at fast speed got me looking, but there are some fun games.
 
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