Bill
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering |
| Occupation | Computer Programmer (UNISYS) for 32 yrs |
| Location | Minnesota |
| Introduction | I have been a volunteer chess coach at a local elementary school since 1992. I have developed my own curriculum, some of which you will find at www.chessbybill.blogspot.com I teach chess at 4 schools, at SCA summer camp and I am a tournament advisor for SCA. I love puzzles and games and I am the programmer of the original Oregon Trail computer simulation. I also run two math teams in dist 197 and teach Sunday School. So I keep busy. |
| Interests | Bible, piano, chess, math, hiking, biking, gardening, softball and basketball in my younger days |
| Favorite movies | Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Luzhin Defense, The Illusionist |
| Favorite music | Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Chopin |
| Favorite books | The Bible (God), Guide to Good Chess (C.J.S.Purdy), Chess Made Simple (Hanauer), My System (Nimzovitch), The Immortal Game (Shenk), A Christmas Carol (Dickens), Atlas Shrugged (Rand), Tom Sawyer (Twain), Penrod (Tarkington) |