Last move 1h 26m ago Bio
NEW CLUB!! JOIN NOW, but only if you ROCK. For all fans of Rock.
Headbanger's Ball: https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-club/411
Long-time casual chess player, but trying to learn and improve.
My user name is a tribute to Nomar Garciaparra, who was my favorite baseball player when I joined the site. I also felt strongly about the "nice guys finish last" mantra because of some things happening in my life at the time. It just seems too much of a hassle to change usernames now.
I am a huge Philadelphia sports fan and German Bundesliga fan (I follow a lot of different soccer leagues). I am always willing to chat about that, among many other topics. I currently teach at the university level.
Good luck! I do take skulls, but usually not right away.
Rating Trend
Rated Won / Drawn / Lost
All Rated
4731 games
As White
2147 games
As Black
2584 games
Stats
- Games Played
- 4760
- Rated
- 4731
- Won
- 2475
- Lost
- 2129
- Drawn
- 156
- In Progress
- 98
- All Moves
- 183698
- Moves This Month
- 1466
- Tourn. Entry Rating
- 1604
- Vacation rem' 2025
- 6 days
Rated Color
All
4731 games
Won
2450 games
Lost
2125 games
Drawn
156 games
Rated Timeouts
Won
264 games
Lost
90 games
Historical
| Highest Rating | 1585 | 1657 | 1658 |
| Average Rating | 1477 | 1494 | 1473 |
| Lowest Rating | 1372 | 1334 | 1205 |
| Opponent Average Rating | 1525 | 1470 | 1433 |
| Games Rated | 108 | 591 | 3935 | 90 days | 1 Year | 5 Years |
|---|
Affiliated Clans
| Clan Details | Challenges | Games | Points | Name |  |  Last | Won | Lost | Drawn | Won | Lost | Drawn | Net | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tournament Victories
- Tournament
- 2025 May May Day Chess
- Private
- Tournament
- 2025 April Tetrarch # 734 1175-1676
- Private
- Tournament
- 2025 January Texas Nurse’s 1 and 3 Melee Jan 800-1576
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 December Swift Gear Four Speed 080 1025-1626
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 December Nick2175’s Steady now, Steady! Dec 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 July Grizzly Adams 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 July Tetrarch # 697 955-1556
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 July Mini Duel II 1465-1580
- Public
- Tournament
- 2024 June Heatwave
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 June Space Championship
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 April Heart of the sun in 21days 1475-1876
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 April Heart of the sun in 21days 1175-1576
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 April ChessMania 1
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 February Presidential Chess
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 February Lovely Game of Chess
- Private
- Tournament
- 2024 January Beatles and Stones Tracks 1250-1951
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 December Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 December Year 2024
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 December Ooh, beware! 1487-1988
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 November -Frasier- 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 October The Office 1200-1701
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 June Game 23-030
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 June Longhaul Quads I 1495-1575
- Public
- Tournament
- 2023 June Tetrarch # 606 1250-1751
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 May Super-semi's 1150-1651
- Private
- Tournament
- 2023 January We live in a swamp, lad! 923-1724
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 December boxing day bash up 1225-1726
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 November Tetrarch # 532 1375-1876
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 November The 1812 Overture 1212-1813
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 October 17 S&M – Metallica
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 May --Gladiator--
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 April Wonderwall - Oasis
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 March Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
- Private
- Tournament
- 2022 March Rain Man
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 November Super-semi's 1180-1681
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 November Mini Duel I 1525-1620
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 November Iron Man – Black Sabbath
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 October People are Strange – The Doors
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 October Tetrarch # 370 1280-1681
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 August Super-semi's 1212-1713
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 August Hardcore Mini Duel I 1455-1560
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 July Ernest Hemmingway
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 June Sicilian Dragon 1050-1551
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 June Quartets III 1400-1485
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 June No More tears - Ozzy Osbourne
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 June Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 May In the end – Linkin Park
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 May Super-semi's 975-1576
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 May Tetrarch # 322 1012-1713
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 May Threesomes I 1445-1530
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 April Big brother & the holding company 650-1551
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 April Annual Speed Championships 2021 Lvl 4 1200-1601
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 April Super-semi's 1150-1651
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 March Quintets II 1430-1530
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 March Mini Duel III 1335-1425
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 February Welcome NormanNiceGuy13 725-1426
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 February Welcome pompomtom 750-1451
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 February Tetrarch # 307 870-1371
- Private
- Tournament
- 2021 February Mini Duel I 1335-1405
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 February Octet I 1305-1365
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 February Hardcore Grand III 1305-1420
- Public
- Tournament
- 2021 February Long Haul Duel I 0-1320
- Public
- User Id
- #127134
- Joined
- 15 Jan 05
- Last Daily Move
- 1h 26m
- Last Live Game
- -
- Vacation Remaining
- 6 days
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Notes
Moves This Month is the number of moves made since the 1st of the month.
Highest Rating excludes provisional (first 20) games.
Tournament Entry Rating is calculated by the formula (CurrentRating + HighestRating) / 2.
The entry rating will never drop to more than 100 points below your Highest Rating.
Rated stats are updated within 24 hours of the last completed rated game.
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