NM Chris Williams

• USCF Rating: 2298
• Openings : -50
• Tactical Ability : +100
• Positional Play : -25
• Endgame Technique : -25
• Speed Chess : 6
• Consistency : 2
• Tenacity : 6
• Overall Aggressiveness : 8
• Against Strong Players : 8
• Against Weak Players : 5

Strengths: Chris has a keen eye for tactics and plays very aggressive chess. His aggressiveness makes him a dangerous player for stronger opponents.

Weaknesses: Chris is very inconsistent, and this makes him vunerable to weaker players when he's having a bad day. Chris also needs to learn to keep his emotions under check and play regardless of what happened in the previous game or what's happening off the chess board.

Amusing Story: At the 2007 World Open, Chris had a bad start in the U2400 section, and so decided to switch to the U2200 section despite the fact that he had a CCA floor of 2200. In the last round, Chris faced well known blitz specialist and sandbagger Yaacov Norowitz. Chris played a great game and managed to beat Yaacov with the black pieces to tie for 2nd place. Unfortunately for Chris, since he had the CCA floor, Continental Chess only awarded him $2,000 when the other 2nd place finishers each received over $5,000.

Reason for this song choice:
Chris is known for being a very emotional player who has his really bad days at chess. This song probably is how Chris feels when he's having one of those bad days.