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)