Name: Ed Collins
Registered: 2002-06-10
Lastconnect: 2024-02-26 09:21
Address:   United States
Info: Hex, Twixt, Quoridor, Y, Havannah, Amazons, Othello, Pente, DVONN, Connect Four, etc., are just a few of the many abstract strategy games I’ve enjoyed playing over the past several years. I own almost 150 commercial board games and most all of them are two-player abstract. Although not considered abstract strategy games (because of the luck factor) backgammon and Scrabble are two other perennial favorites of mine. I’ve competed in more than 70 over-the-board chess tournaments. My current USCF rating is 1786, down from a high of 1930. I’m a former administrator on both FICS and USChessLive. Note: I don’t enjoy playing turn-based chess online, since the temptation is often just too great for your opponent to use software to help him. Many years ago, just for the heck of it, I put together a website devoted to the board game Stratego. (I’m not even a big Stratego fan!) Without realizing it, I created a monster! For years and years my Stratego site was recognized as the #1 Stratego site on the Internet! Alas, Hasbro asked me to remove some of the links I was linking to and I didn't want to. If I couldn't link to who I wanted to , I didn't want to maintain the site at all. So I took the entire site down. I’ve resided in Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona. I currently live in sunny, Southern California. Visit my website at www.edcollins.com. When I attained a rating of 2407, that set a record as the highest rating ever achieved at Golem’s Word Game. However, I correctly predicted FatPhil would eventually break that record. He sees further ahead than I do. With a rating of 1853, I’m currently the 4th highest ranked USA player on this site, at Four In A Row! (For awhile I was 3rd in the USA.) With a rating of 1739, I’ve dropped to the 6th highest ranked USA player at Amazons. And with a Havannah rating of 1900, I became the first player in any country to achieve that rating. Whoo hoo! However, that figure soon came back down, as it should have. I’m not really that good. (For a long while I was still the #1 ranked player in the United States, but after taking a break for a long time, and losing a bunch of points because I timed out, my rating has dropped considerably. As I type this, I'm currently the second highest rated human, in the USA, at Havannah.) For awhile I was the top rated player in my country at Golem’s Word Game, Havannah, AND WYPS! Here’s my Little Golem Resume: (1) Player ID #1316. I first signed up in April of 2002, forgot that I did so, and then signed up again two months later, in June. (I asked Richard to delete the first account. I should have asked him to delete the second account. If so, my member ID number would be even smaller!) (2) I suggested a rule change which improved the scoring of Golem’s Word Game. (The suggestion was implemented.) (3) I rewrote and I’m currently maintaining the sites (now unofficial) FAQ. (4) I initiated the first every turn-based Acrophobia Game, right here on Little Golem! (5) I helped suggest changing Four-In-A-Row on the 6x7 board, as it was initially offered here, to the current 8x8 size board. (6x7 has been solved – it’s a win for the first player.) (6) I currently hold the record for the longest word ever found in Golem’s Word Game (14 tiles, set in 2004). (7) I was the first player to recommend Havannah. (I recommended it on November 20, 2003.) (8) I'm the author of Havannah Helper, a utility to help you analyze Havannah games. (9) I suggested an improvement to the graphic for the Amazons board. (10) I suggested a way to improve the way the last move is displayed on the WYPS board. (The suggestion was implemented.)
Membership: Not a member
Number of moves: 38559

Player's statistics
Game Variant Rating Rank Games Championship level Ladder position Won/Lost/Drawn/InProgress Tournaments
Go Size 9x9 1442.15 1442.2 4 games - - +1-3=0~0 1 tournaments
Chess Chess 1461.74 1461.7 12 games - - +4-7=1~0 3 tournaments
Connect6 Connect6 1451.94 1451.9 83 games - - +40-43=0~0 18 tournaments
StreetSoccer Street Soccer 1535.28 1535.3 13 games - - +9-4=0~0 2 tournaments
Twixt PP Size 24 1524.38 1524.4 286 games - - +162-124=0~0 70 tournaments
Hex Size 13 1533.69 1533.7 219 games - - +126-93=0~0 51 tournaments
Hex Size 19 1531.57 1531.6 40 games - - +23-17=0~0 11 tournaments
Reversi Size 8x8 1495.2 1495.2 16 games - - +8-8=0~0 5 tournaments
Reversi Size 10x10 1474.9 1474.9 3 games - - +1-2=0~0 1 tournaments
DVONN DVONN 1368.66 1368.7 18 games - - +4-14=0~0 4 tournaments
Amazons Size 10 1714.77 1714.8 201 games - - +118-83=0~0 42 tournaments
Golem Word Game 100 letters 2370.06 2370.1 364 games - - +318-46=0~0 89 tournaments
Four in a row Size 9x9 1822.42 1822.4 174 games - - +121-52=1~0 44 tournaments
Gomoku Gomoku 1412.72 1412.7 13 games - - +4-9=0~0 3 tournaments
Breakthrough Size 8 1476.53 1476.5 7 games - - +5-2=0~0 1 tournaments
Lines of Action Size 8x8 1500.0 1500.0 3 games - - +2-1=0~0 0 tournaments
Havannah Size 10 1795.14 1795.1 98 games - - +62-36=0~0 21 tournaments
Havannah Size 4 1567.62 1567.6 32 games - - +22-10=0~0 3 tournaments
Havannah Size 5 1447.46 1447.5 17 games - - +7-10=0~0 2 tournaments
Havannah Size 8 1859.27 1859.3 493 games - - +361-132=0~0 141 tournaments
Havannah Size 9 1690.23 1690.2 46 games - - +35-11=0~0 22 tournaments
Catchup Size 5 1466.31 1466.3 20 games - - +13-7=0~0 10 tournaments
Catchup Random 1499.91 1499.9 25 games - - +13-12=0~0 7 tournaments
OSKI English 1701.37 1701.4 32 games - - +28-4=0~0 3 tournaments
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