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May 11, 1951, born in Raymond, Washington
1961 — learned chess from parents July 1965, played in a San Francisco Boy Scouts chess tournament 1967-1969 — played on Clover Park High School chess team, Tacoma, Washington July 1968, 1st place in the Tacoma YMCA Junior Championship August 1968, 1st place for Red Cross youth gathering at Western Washington State College, Bellingham September 1968, Secretary-Treasurer of the Clover Park HS chess team October 1968, played board 2 for Clover Park HS chess team January 1969, President of the Lakes HS chess club in Tacoma, Washington February 1969, played board 1 for Lakes HIS chess team June 1969, joined Tacoma Chess Club; member from 1969 to 1972 July 1969, first chess book purchased, Practical Chess Openings by Fine August 1969, took 2nd place in Tacoma junior championship; won by Bill Lowrie September 1969, President of the Northrop Institute of Technology (NIT) chess club November 1969, joined the United States Chess Federation, ID 10210828 November 1969, participated in the American Open in Santa Monica; rated 1522 December 1969, 1st place in the NIT chess championship January 1970, 1st place in the Tacoma Chess Club blitz tournament February 1970, organized the North Augusta-Augusta chess organization August 1970, 1st place in the North Augusta, SC championship October 1970, 1st place at the Lackland AFB championship in San Antonio October 1970, 2nd place in the Air Training Command championship in San Antonio December 1970, 1st place in the Sheppard AFB championship in Wichita Falls May 1971, President of the Beale AFB Chess Club near Yuba City, CA June 1971, 1st place in the Beale AFB championship; 2nd place was 1Lt John Manson July 1971, 1st place, Beale AFB Summer Open December 1971, 1st place in the U Tapao Air Base championship in Thailand February 1972, 1st place in the Kadena Air Base championship in Okinawa June 1972, chess columnist for Beale AFB newspaper, the Space Sentinel July 1972, 2nd place in the Beale AFB ch; won by Capt John Manson August 1972, directed the Beale AFB Summer Open, USCF rated with 10 players; won by Manson October 1972, winner of the Chess Digest Magazine Kolty caption contest November 1972, directed the Beale AFB Fall Open, USCF rated with 15 players; Bales, Manson, and Giertych all tied for 1st place February 1973, 2nd place under 1800 at the CCCA Grand Prix in Berkeley; rated 1580 March 1973, 1st place in the Beale AFB Spring Open May 1973, 2nd in Beale AFB Championship; won by LtCol Henry Giertych June 1973, 1st place in the North Augusta, SC, 10-second-a-move championship; 20 players July 1973, participated in the World Open in New York; won 5 and lost 3; 725 players July 1973, certified tournament director with the USCF October 1973, 1st place in the U Tapao, Thailand championship November 1973, played over 100 games by correspondence December 1973, 1st place in the Thailand USO championship February 1974, 1st place at the Tropicana Open in Guam March 1974, 1st place in the Anderson Air Base championship in Guam July 1974, inducted into the Thailand USO Hall of Fame for my chess activities August 1974, 1st place in the U Tapao, Thailand championship January 1975, chess advisor and trainer at Alexander Central HS in Taylorsville, NC February 1975, 4th place in the U.S. Booster championship in Los Angeles; 1610 rating March 1975, participated in the Pewter Cup chess tourney in Hickory, NC March 1975, participated in the Statesville Open in Statesville, NC March 1975, participated in the Mimosa Cup in Morganton, NC April 1975, played in the Dogwood Open in Statesville, NC April 1975, participated in RAM III in Chapel Hill, NC May 1975, played in Mimosa Cup II in Morganton, NC May 1975, played in Dogwood II in Statesville, NC May 1975, 3rd place in the World Class Championship in Vancouver, BC; 1756 rating June 1975, 1st place in the Tarheel Classic, Under 2000, in Raleigh, NC July 1975, participated in the World Open in New York July 1975, 1st place in the Bluegrass Classic, under 2000, in Lexington, scoring 5-0 July 1975, participated in the LPO Open in Winston-Salem, NC July 1975, Vice Chairman of the Southern Chess Administration; Dr. Al Lipkin is Chairman August 1975, tied for 1st in the NC amateur championship, Chapel Hill September 1975, participated in the Dixie Open, Greenville, SC October 1975, chess columnist for the Statesville Record and Landmark newspaper, 1975-1977 November 1975, participated in Tarheel Classic II in Raleigh, NC December 1975, lost to Walter Browne in a 35-board simul in Henderson, NC January 1976, President of the Wilkes College Chess Club in North Wilkesboro, NC January 1976, 1st place in the Wilkes County championship; 43 players February 1976, participated in the Durham Open March 1976, participated in the Southern Congress in Atlanta April 1976, 1st place Wilkes College championship, North Wilkesboro, NC May 1976, 1st place in the NC Junior Colleges championship, North Wilkesboro, NC June 1976, played in the NC correspondence chess championship July 1976, participated in the World Open in New York July 1976, participated in the LPO Open in Winston-Salem September 1976, played in the NC championship in Winston-Salem September 1976, Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina Chess Association 1976-1978 October 1976, President of the Mitchell College Chess Club October 1976, 1st place in the Mitchell College championship November 1976, 1st place in the South Carolina Championship, Under 2000, Columbia SC March 1977, played in the Southern Chess Congress, Atlanta April 1977, 1st place in the Dogwood Open, Statesville, NC June 1977, played in the Carolinas Open in Greensboro, NC July 1977, 1st place, Barium Springs Open, Barium Springs, NC July 1977, played in the LPO Open in Winston-Salem NC August 1977, played in the US Open in Columbus, Ohio August 1977, USCF delegate representing North Carolina September 1977, played in the NC championship in Chapel Hill, NC October 1977, President of the Lenoir Rhyne Chess Club January 1978, 1st place in the Wake Forest University Open, Winston-Salem, NC February 1978, co-editor of the Carolina Gambit March 1978, 1st place in the Lenoir Rhyne University championship, Hickory, NC July 1978, tournament director of the Lawrence Pfefferkorn Open, Winston-Salem September 1978, played in the NC championship in Chapel Hill, NC September 1978, President of the North Carolina Chess Association (NCCA), 1978-1980 December 1978, 1st place in the Statesville, NC championship January 1979, co-editor of the Chessman chess magazine March 1979, lost to Viktor Korchnoi in a 50 board simul held in Charlotte, NC April 1979, 1st place in the Lenoir Rhyne University championship, Hickory, NC April 1979, played in the ICI Chess Classic, Atlanta June 1979, 1st place Lackland AFB Ch, San Antonio, Texas September 1979, joined the Dayton Chess Club November 1979, 5th place in the Dayton CC championship December 1979, 1st place Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB) championship, Dayton, Ohio January 1980, 1st place, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) championship, Dayton February 1980, lost 2 games against Larry Christiansen in simuls in Dayton, Ohio February 1980, played in the MOTCF team chess tournament, Columbus, Ohio March 1980, editor of the Dayton Chess Club Review April 1980, Vice President of the Dayton Chess Club 1980-1981 May 1980, 1st place in the Bauer Memorial, Dayton, Ohio July 1980, 2nd place in the WPAFB championship; Charles Meidinger took 1st place September 1980, played in the Ohio Chess Congress in Columbus, Ohio September 1980, President of the Ohio Chess Association, 1980-1981 November 1980, played in the Region V championship, Dayton, Ohio December 1980, Board 2 in an Armed Forces Invitational team event, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN February 1981, played in the MOTCF team chess tournament, Columbus, Ohio March 1981, played in the Gem City Open, Dayton, Ohio April 1981, played in the Dayton vs. London Correctional Institute match, London, OH May 1981, played in the Buckeye Open, Dayton, Ohio July 1981, 2nd place in the WPAFB ch; won by Capt Charles Meidinger August 1981, 4th place in the LPO Open, Under 2000, Winston-Salem, NC; rated 1810 August 1981, played in the Insanity Open, Cincinnati; rated 1814 September 1981, played in the Ohio Chess Congress championship September 1981, Secretary-Treasurer of the Ohio Chess Association 1981-1983 October 1981, member of the Chess Journalists of America October 1981, 2nd place in the AFIT X Tornado; won by LtCol Sal Giannotta; rated 1841 October 1981, directed the Xenia, Ohio Tornado November 1981, President of the Dayton Chess Club, 1981-1985 February 1982, played in the MOTCF team event; was a member of the team that took top Class A February 1982, 2nd place in the Wright State Univerisity championship March 1982, played in the Gem City Open, Dayton, Ohio April 1982, co-editor of the Ohio Chess Bulletin, 1982-1985 April 1982, 1st place in the Billy Watt Memorial in Statesville, NC; rated 1899 May 1982, played in the Insanity Open in Cincinatti June 1982, played in a chess tourney in Vandalia, Ohio July1982, wrote 300 King's Gambit Miniatures July 1982, directed the 9th LPO Open in Winston-Salem, NC August 1982, nominated for USCF volunteer of the year November 1982, awarded the USCF Distinguished Volunteer Award January 1983, 1st place in the WPAFB championship February 1983, 1st place, John C. Carroll Open, under 2000, in Cleveland February 1983, played in the MOTCF team tourney, Columbus March 1983, directed Xenia Tornado in Xenia, Ohio April 1983, wrote 500 Sicilian Miniatures April 1983, played in the Billy Watt Memorial in Statesville, NC May 1983, USAF team member in Armed Forces event at Fort Knox, KY May 1983, played in the Buckeye Open in Lima, Ohio July 1983, 1st place in Granny's Tornado in Xenia, Ohio; rated 1901 September 1983, played in the Ohio Chess Congress in Columbus, OH October 1983, 1st place Roosevelt Chess Club championship, Dayton, Ohio November 1983, chess instructor at the Dayton Youth Activities Center and at schools January 1984, 2nd place at Chu's Swiss in Springfield, Ohio March 1984, directed the Gem City Open in Dayton, Ohio May 1984, wrote 500 French Miniatures August 1984, given a USCF special citation for chess volunteer work August 1984, 1st place Maxwell AFB championship in Montgomery, Alabama November 1984, 2nd place in the WPAFB championship; won by Capt Meidinger April 1985, Secretary of the Chess Journalists of America June 1985, President Palo alto Chess Club, 1985-1991 July 1985, played in the Santa Clara Open in Santa Clara, CA July 1985, 3rd place the Central Pacific Armed Forces Chess Ch in Concord, CA; won by R. Gonzales September 1985, played in LERA tourney in Sunnyvale October 1985, wrote 500 Queen's Gambit Miniatures November 1985, 1st place in the NASA Ames chess championship December 1985, 1st place in the Moffett Field NAS chess championship January 1986, 1st place at Sunnyvale Air Force Station March 1986, 1st place in the Monterey Quads, Monterey, CA April 1986, wrote Larsen's Opening, 1.b3 June 1986, played in the Kolty Chess Club championship, Campbell, CA July 1986, 1st in the Central Pacific Armed Forces championship, Concord August 1986, wrote Owen's Defense, 1.e4 b6 September 1986, played in the LERA Open, Sunnyvale, CA October 1986, wrote 500 Ruy Lopez Miniatures December 1986, wrote 500 King's Gambit Miniatures March 1987, 4th in the National Open, Class A, Las Vegas; rated 1950 March 1987, played in the Monterey Quads, Monterey April 1987, top expert in the San Jose Open, San Jose, CA; rated 2032 April 1987, played in the VOCAL chess tourney, Fremont, CA; rated 2050 May 1987, played in the LERA Open, Sunnyvale June 1987, 1st place, Moffett Field NAS championship July 1987, wrote 500 Italian Miniatures August 1987, 1st in the Central Pacific Armed Forces Ch, Mare Island, CA September 1987; top expert LERA Open, Sunnyvale; rated 2100 December 1987, wrote 500 Sicilian Miniatures II January 1988, wrote Grob's Attack, 1.g4 February 1988, wrote History of the Dayton Chess Club, 1957-1987 July 1988, 3rd in the Central Pacific Armed Forces Ch, Skaggs Island, CA; won by F. Anchondo September 1988, played in the LERA Open, Sunnyvale October 1988, played in the San Jose Quads, San Jose, CA November 1988, member of the World Blitz Chess Association; 2100 rated December 1988, wrote 500 Queen's Gambit Miniatures January 1989, Chess journalist at the Karpov-Hjartarson finals, Seattle, WA February 1989, played in the Palo Alto Open February 1989, drew with GM Eduard Gufeld in a 20-board simul, Palo Alto March 1989, played in the LERA Open, Sunnyvale, CA April 1989, lost to Eugenio Torre in a 20-board simul, Palo Alto, CA June 1989, beat IM John Donaldson in a 20-board simul, Palo Alto, CA July 1989, wrote The Orangutan, 1.b4 July 1989, 4th in the Central Pacific Armed Forces ch, Concord; won by Zeus Oira December 1989, top expert in the Palo Alto championship - peak rating at master/2200 (more info) February 1990, wrote 500 Indian Miniatures March 1990, top expert LERA Open; rated over 2100 with 2215 performance rating May 1990, gave a 50 board simul at the Fremont school, in Fremont, CA; won all 50 games June 1990, 1st place, NASA Ames Research Center championship, Mountain View, CA July 1990, top expert Palo alto Summer Open; rated 2105 July 1990, qualified to play in the USAF championship at Andrews AFB, MD, but event cancelled August 1990, 1st in the Central Pacific Armed Forces Ch, Concord, CA August 1990, played in the Newark Open in Newark, CA October 1990, chess journalist at the Karpov-Kasparov world ch match, New York November 1990, TD of World Championship Celebration Open, Palo Alto November 1990, wrote 500 English Miniatures December 1990, member of the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club, SF, 1990-1992 February 1991, wrote The 1990 World Chess Championship March 1991, ran the wallboards at the Pan-Pacific championship, San Francisco March 1991, 2nd place in Palo Alto Quads; rated 2055 April 1991, 1st place, Onizuka AFB championship, Sunnyvale, CA May 1991, chess coach and trainer to Jordy Mont-Reynaud, America's youngest master June 1991, 7th in the U.S. Air Force championship, Andrews AFB, MD; rated 2047 July 1991, 2nd in the Central Pacific Armed Forces Ch, Skaggs Island, CA; won by F. Anchondo August 1991, wrote 500 Caro Kann Miniatures September 1991, 1st place at the Kelly AFB championship, San Antonio, TX November 1991, 2nd place in the San Antonio Fall Open, San Antonio, TX; rated 2032 Jan 1992, President of the Kelly AFB/Lackland AFB Chess Club, 1992 to 1997 March 1992, played in the Pat Gannon Memorial, San Antonio, TX April 1992, played in the University of Texas at San Antonio Open; rated 2031 July 1992, 8th place in the USAF championship, Andrews AFB, TX August 1992, co-wrote Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted with Ken Smith August 1992, ran for President of the Texas Chess Association; took 2nd place in votes September 1992, played in the 58th Southwest Open, San Antonio December 1992, 2nd in the Texas Military Championship, San Antonio; won by Joe Spencer January 1993, co-wrote Smith-Morra Declined with Ken Smith February 1993, played board 2 in the Texas Team Championship, San Antonio; top Class A team September 1993, 7th place in the USAF championship, Andrews AFB, TX October 1993, wrote 500 Pirc Miniatures October 1993, 1st place Texas Military championship, San Antonio, TX March 1994, wrote 500 Alekhine Miniatures June 1994, 7th place in the Texas Armed Forces championship, San Antonio, TX July 1994, 3rd place in the San Antonio City Championship, Expert Section January 1995, wrote Dunst Opening, 1.Nc3 Februrary 1995, chess sysop for Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone (zone.com), 1995-2002 February 1995, directed the first worldwide Internet chess tournament; Microsoft provided 10 prizes March 1995, Vice-President of the International Email Chess Club (IECC) July 1995, wrote 500 French Miniatures November 1995, 10-board simul at St. Mary's University; won 7, lost 1, drew 2 December 1995, wrote 500 King's Gambit Miniatures II April 1996, 1st place in the www.zone.com championship November 1996, 1st place in the St. Mary's University championship, San Antonio January 1997, wrote 500 Scotch Miniatures January 1998, President of the Melbourne Chess Club, Melbourne, FL February 1998, wrote 700 Opening Traps March 1998, created Bill Wall's Chess Page webpage at geocities — archived at http://www.oocities.org/siliconvalley/lab/7378/chess.htm June 1998, 1st place in the Melbourne Chess Club blitz championship, Melbourne, FL January 1999, wrote 500 Blackmar Diemer Gambit Miniatures April 1999, played in the 6th Space Coast Open, Master Section, Satellite Beach, FL June 1999, 3rd place in the Cocoa Beach Open, Cocoa Beach, FL April 2000, played in the 7th Space Coast Open, A Section, Melbourne Beach, FL September 2000, contributor to Unorthodox Chess Newsletter, 2000-2017 December 2000, wrote Off the Wall Chess Trivia ebook January 2001, wrote 500 Center Counter Miniatures April 2003, I was a charter member and patron of the World Chess Hall of Fame, Miami, Florida January 2004, taught chess at Palm Bay schools February 2004, chess columnist for Black & White, a chess magazine in India October 2004, became member of www.chessgames.com; have 371 games there (wwall) December 2005, translated over 100 chess books into pgn ebooks for Gambit Chess January 2006, Wikipedia entry created for Bill Wall, but deleted in August 2011 (not notable) May 2007, became the first member , excluding staff, of www.chess.com January 2008, co-editor of Krazy Kat and Old Hippo with Gary Gifford and Davide Rozzoni January 2010, contributor of Jerome Gambit games to jeromegambit.blogsport.com (Rick Kennedy) August 2010, 1st place, www.chess.com Armed Forces Internet championship September 2010, editor of White Knight Review chess e-magazine, 2010 to June 2012 May 2011, 4th place in the 18th Space Coast Open, A Section, Cocoa Beach, FL April 2012, played in the 19th Space Coast Open, A Section, Cocoa Beach, FL October 2012, wrote chess and the Presidency for the World Chess Hall of Fame December 2012, contributor to www.chessmaniac.com January 2013, wrote Bill Wall's Chess Encyclopedia ebook April 2013, 2nd place in the 20th Space Coast Open, A Section, Cocoa Beach, FL March 2014, Bill Wall chess page created by Thomas Katsampes — http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/ September 2014, wrote Chess A to Z ebook April 2015, played in the 22nd Space Coast Open, A Section, Cocoa Beach, FL July 2016, created several YouTube videos on chess traps December 2016, added @billwallchess Twitter account to Bill Wall's Chess Page March 2017, invited guest and contributor to the opening of a new exhibit (Chess and Comics) at the World Chess Hall of Fame, St Louis June 2017, played and recorded my 50,000th chess game July 2017, donated to the Texas Armed Forces and Military Veterans championship 2017, author of over 1,000 chess articles 2017, owner of over 8,000 chess books November 2018,wrote Chess Stamps, 1948 to 2018 (available on archive.org) December 2018, wrote Some Basic Chess Endings November 2019, 700 Opening Traps published by Amazon (including Kindle edition) December 2019, Mate in Three published by Amazon January 2020, Chess Opening Blunders published by Amazon February 2020, Oddities in Chess published by Amazon March 2020, 600 Sicilian Miniatures published by Amazon April 2020, 600 King’s Gambit Miniatures published by Amazon July 2020, played 60,000 games August 2020, 600 Queen’s Gambit Miniatures published by Amazon October 2020, 600 French Miniatures published by Amazon November 2020, 600 English Miniatures published by Amazon December 2020, wrote Chess Oddities (available at archive.org) December 2020, Interviewed about chess by online sAge - SĀGE | Personalized learning & social experiences hosted by expert retirees (findasage.com) and Bill Wall (findasage.com) February 2021, 500 Orangutan Games published by Amazon March 2021, 600 Ruy Lopez Miniatures published by Amazon April 2021, 800 Chess Traps published by Amazon May 2021, 500 Larsen Games published by Amazon June 2021, 500 Owen’s Defense Games published by Amazon July 2021, 600 Italian Miniatures published by Amazon August 2021, wrote Chess and Advertising (available at archive.org) September 2021, 500 Grob Games published by Amazon October 2021, wrote Celebrities and Chess November 2021, 600 Indian Miniatures published by Amazon 2021, 60 years of playing chess since 1961 January 2022, 600 Caro Kann Miniatures published by Amazon March 2022, 600 Pirc Miniatures published by Amazon April 2022, 300 Queen Sacrifices published by Amazon July 2022, 600 Alekhine Miniatures published by Amazon September 2022, 600 Vienna Miniatures published by Amazon September 2022, guest of Sydney Australia radio; interviewed about chess October 2022, More Mate in 3 published by Amazon December 2022, 600 Reti Miniatures published by Amazon January 2023 — wrote Early Chess (available at archive.org) February 2023, wrote Chess and Death (available at archive.org) March 2023, Bobby Fischer: 500 Winning Games published by Amazon July 2023, Mikhail Tal’s Short Chess Games published by Amazon August 9, 2023, interviewed by Washington Post about chess August 2023, played 70,000 games September 2023, 600 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Miniatures published by Amazon November 2023, Alekhine’s Short Games published by Amazon December 2023, owner of over 9,000 chess books January 2024, Chess Trivia and Oddities published on archive.org February 2024, 500 Benko Gambit Miniatures published by Amazon
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