Munoz, Lazaro (USA) [FICGS member # 688]
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Lazaro Munoz
I an 61 years old, living in New Jersey, USA. I have been playing chess since I was 12 and go for about 25 years but not very consistently. I am 14k in AGA, but I haven't played there in about 8 years.
Lazaro Munoz has currently 0 running correspondence chess game(s), won 5, lost 0 and drawn 1 other games against an average elo of 1714, does not play advanced chess (fast time controls), played big chess, now 0 running, 10 won, 2 lost, 0 drawn, played Go (weiqi, baduk), now 0 running, 25 won, 23 lost, and does not play poker, finally Lazaro finished a total of 66 games and is not playing any game right now.
Big chess statistics :
vs. Herda Ekawarni (1245) : 100% (2 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
Go (weiqi, baduk) statistics :
vs. Thibault Pillon (1645) : 0% (2 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Don Groves (2289) : 50% (2 games, 1 wins, 1 losses)
Lazaro's favorite game is : Chess
Why Lazaro likes Chess : There is always more to learn
Style of play : Agressive
Is Lazaro addicted : Yes
Uses engines : only on ICCF tournaments
Favorite engines : Komodo 14
Other games played : Go
Favorite chess opening : King's Gambit
Favorite chess player : Akiba Rubinstein
Favorite Go player : Masaki Takemiya
Favorite poker player : Ken Smith (of course)
Favorite player at FICGS : Thibault de Vassal
Languages spoken : English, Spanish
City : Basking Ridge NJ
Club : Marshall CC (former will rejoin)
Mission : To make people laugh
Interests : Ham Radio
Occupation : Software Development
Favorite website : https://midnightdesignsolutions.com/misc/links.html
Personal website : http://www.panix.com/~laz/
Facebook profile : Lazaro Munoz
Favorite quote : "The important thing is not to stop questioning." and "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."-- Albert Einstein
Favorite movie : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Favorite music style : Alternative Rock
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Last messages by Lazaro Munoz in the forum :
BIG_CHESS__WORLD_CHAMPIONSHIP__5 (2013-12-20 14:06:38)
Hi guys, do we know when this is going to start? I believe that there are 31 on the waiting list and group size is 7 are just waiting for 4 more? Supp (...)
Tablebases and no-engines tournaments (2013-10-14 15:43:45)
But most endgame books (I assume books are allowed) these days use tablebase results, for that matter so do many opening books on computer analysis re (...)
Communism (2013-10-14 15:41:37)
As to giving up freedom of speech, I pass you the words of Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential liberty [eg. freedom of speech] (...)
V. Anand is new chess world champion (2010-06-04 19:12:14)
This is the news that Thibault provided recently. However Anand has been world champion since 2007 so he is not the "new" world champion. (...)
Rating update (2010-06-04 14:16:08)
So get your wins in now and save your resignations until after July 1st ;) (...)
Number of rated FIDE players (2010-06-03 19:23:41)
FIDE has always had a bit of an elitist streak with rating, but also most national tournament administrator do not send in tournament reports from loc (...)
More ratings questions (2010-04-13 20:40:15)
This time one big chess. According to rules for big chess (I actually read it first before posting :), it says that the original rating that is used (...)
Ratings calculation (2010-04-07 04:46:48)
Thanks for explanation. --laz (...)
Ratings calculation (2010-04-06 12:40:44)
I don't quite understand the way that ratings are calculated (for initial ratings).
I entered my first chess tournament with a (...)
English translation (2010-03-13 16:18:17)
Not to nitpick, but I have seen a lot of references to "inferior" or "superior" when specify ratings or rate of play. In Engli (...)