erik
Erik
Mountain View, CA, United States 
Member Since: May 7, 2007
Last Login: Jul 3, 2009
Profile Views: 65120
Points: 8950
Status: Need to sleep more... (32 hours ago)
Occupation: Chess.com Owner
USCF Rating: 1707
About Me:
Please Note: Don't send me Tech Support, Abuse Reports, or other "Site" issues :) Please contact Chess.com Support for those kinds of things. But I do love thank you notes and personal messages! :D Thank you!
I am the guy who put Chess.com together - who came up with the site vision, put together an amazing team (Jay, Piotr, Igor, and others), and then worked day and night to design the site and get it going. I have 3 beautiful daughters, a new son, and a wonderful wife!
I learned chess when I was 8 years old, but didn't really pick it back up until about 10 years ago. Since then I have been playing, studying, and enjoying it regularly. I prefer semi-open and closed positions that blow up tactically (like the Closed Sicilian, King's Indian, Glek etc).
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