erik

Erik
Mountain View, CA, United States

Member Since: May 7, 2007
Last Login: Dec 1, 2008
Profile Views: 38087
Points: 7072
Status:   10 lbs. heavier :( (41 hours ago)

Occupation: Webpreneur

USCF Rating: 1600

About Me:

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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erik's Latest Blog Post

Furious 2 Minute Game vs. My Nemesis

Submitted by erik on Sep 26, 2008 12:47pm.

I logged in to Live Chess for a minute to just poke around and see how things were going. I decided to post a quick seek to play a game and... uh oh! ih8sens, my nemesis (kidding - kind of...) decides to accept the seek! He has a habit of shredding t...Read more »

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