Tournament: 'Shuffless VI 2013'
[Chess Chess960]
start on Jun 1, 2013

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Player #1316

Name: Ed Collins
Registered: 2002-06-10
Lastconnect: 2013-05-19 09:18
Address:
United States
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Hex, Twixt, Quoridor, Y, Havannah, Amazons, Othello, Pente, DVONN, Connect Four, etc., are just a few of the many abstract strategy games I’ve enjoyed playing over the past several years. I own almost 150 commercial board games and most all of them are two-player abstract.




Although not considered abstract strategy games (because of the luck factor) backgammon and Scrabble are two other perennial favorites of mine.




I’ve competed in more than 48 over-the-board chess tournaments. My current USCF rating is 1857, giving me a title of ‘A’ player. I’m a former administrator on both FICS and USChessLive. Note: I don’t enjoy playing turn-based chess online, since the temptation is often just too great for your opponent to use software to “help” him.




Many years ago, just for the heck of it, I put together a website devoted to the board game Stratego. (I’m not even a big Stratego fan!) Without realizing it, I created a monster! My Stratego site is now recognized as the #1 rated Stratego site on the Internet!




I’ve resided in Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona. I currently live in sunny, Southern California.




Visit my website at www.edcollins.com.




When I attained a rating of 2407, that set a record as the highest rating ever achieved at Golem’s Word Game. However, I correctly predicted FatPhil would eventually break that record. He sees further ahead than I do.




With a rating of 1853, I’m currently the 4th highest ranked USA player on this site, at Four In A Row! (For awhile I was 3rd in the USA.)




With a rating of 1739, I’ve dropped to the 6th highest ranked USA player at Amazons.




And with a Havannah rating of 1900, I became the first
player in any country to achieve that rating.  Whoo hoo!  However, that figure
soon came back down, as it should have.  I’m not really that good. (For a long while I was still the #1 ranked player in the United States, but after taking a break for a long time, and losing a bunch of points because I timed out, my rating has dropped considerably.)




Speaking of Havannah, here’s a neat little Havannah story by Christian Freeling.




For awhile I was the top rated player in my country at Golem’s Word Game, Havannah, and WYPS!




Here’s my Little Golem Resume:


Player ID #1316.  I first signed up in April of 2002, forgot that I did so, and then signed up again two months later, in June. (I asked Richard to delete the first account. I should have asked him to delete the second account. If so, my member ID number would be even smaller!)


Suggested a rule change which improved the scoring of Golem’s Word Game. (The suggestion was implemented.)


I rewrote and I’m currently maintaining the sites
FAQ
.


Initiated the first every turn-based Acrophobia
Game
, right here on Little Golem!


Helped suggest changing Four-In-A-Row on the 6x7 board, as it was initially offered here, to the current 8x8 size board. (6x7 has been solved – it’s a win for the first player.)


Currently holding the record for the longest word ever found in Golem’s Word Game (14 tiles, set in 2004).


First player to recommend
Havannah
? (I recommended it on November 20, 2003.)


Author of Havannah
Helper
, a utility to help you analyze Havannah games, played here and at
ItsYourTurn.


Suggested an improvement to the graphic for the Amazons board.


Suggested a way to improve the way the last move is displayed on the WYPS board. (The suggestion was implemented.)




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Player's statistics

Game Rating Games Championship level Won Lost Drawn In progress Tournaments
WYPS 1598 75 games - 54 21 0 0 5 tournaments
Go 9x9 16.0k 4 games - 1 3 0 0 1 tournaments
OSKI 1713 32 games - 28 4 0 0 3 tournaments
Chess 1465 12 games - 4 7 1 0 3 tournaments
Twixt PP 1579 281 games - 160 121 0 0 70 tournaments
Hex 13x13 1609 205 games - 121 84 0 0 46 tournaments
Hex 19x19 1560 40 games - 23 17 0 0 11 tournaments
Reversi 1512 16 games - 8 8 0 0 5 tournaments
Reversi 10x10 1489 3 games - 1 2 0 0 1 tournaments
DVONN 1413 18 games - 4 14 0 0 4 tournaments
Amazons 1739 200 games - 117 83 0 0 42 tournaments
Golem Word Game 2328 360 games - 315 45 0 0 88 tournaments
Four in a row 1853 171 games - 120 50 1 0 43 tournaments
Gomoku 1456 13 games - 4 9 0 0 3 tournaments
Connect6 1468 83 games - 40 43 0 0 18 tournaments
StreetSoccer 1514 13 games - 9 4 0 0 2 tournaments
Breakthrough 1491 7 games - 5 2 0 0 1 tournaments
Lines of Action 1500 3 games - 2 1 0 0 0 tournaments
Havannah 1688 454 games - 309 145 0 0 97 tournaments
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