Between UMBC and UT-Dallas, they're the two powerhouses of collegiate chess in the country. Third place is fairly distant.

The main topic is our aches and pains.

We just think in this country of chestnuts roasting on the open fire.

Defense mechanisms in this country are seen by regulators as a means to improve shareholder value, not to thwart bids.

I feel that my chess strengths are still here, ... I believe I can still improve.

In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ...
It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.