User:Quale

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I live in Madison, Wisconsin and work as a computer programmer.

My interests include

• chess (Wikipedia:Wikiproject Chess)
• the fiction of Isaac Asimov
• military history, particularly World War II
• beer
• Scotch whisky
• cocktails
• cooking
• cats

Recently I've been working to improve Wikipedia coverage of the chess openings. Although I'm not a strong chess player, I have a fair library of chess books that I can use for research.

Programming languages I like include Haskell, Scheme, and Python.
Languages I don't like are C++ and Java.

[edit] Chess opening references

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• Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld (1996). The Oxford Companion To Chess. Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
  • {{cite book | author=Hooper, David and [[Kenneth Whyld]] | title=The Oxford Companion To Chess | publisher=Oxford University | year=1996 | id=ISBN 0-19-280049-3}}

• De Firmian, Nick (1999). Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. Random House Puzzles & Games. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
  • {{cite book | author=[[Nick de Firmian|De Firmian, Nick]] | title=Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14 | publisher=Random House Puzzles & Games | year=1999 | id=ISBN 0-8129-3084-3}}

• Kasparov, Garry, and Raymond Keene (1989, 1994). Batsford Chess Openings 2. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
  • {{cite book | author=[[Gary Kasparov|Kasparov, Garry]], and [[Raymond Keene]] | title=Batsford Chess Openings 2 | year=1989, 1994 | publisher=Henry Holt | id=ISBN 0-8050-3409-9}}

• Nunn, John (ed.), et al. (1999). Nunn's Chess Openings. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
  • {{cite book | author=[[John Nunn|Nunn, John]] (ed.), et al. | title=Nunn's Chess Openings | publisher=Everyman Chess | year=1999 | id=ISBN 1-8574-4221-0}}

• Schiller, Eric (2003). Unorthodox Chess Openings. Cardoza. ISBN 1-5804-2072-9.
  • {{cite book | author=[[Eric Schiller|Schiller, Eric]] | title=Unorthodox Chess Openings | publisher=Cardoza | year=2003 | id=ISBN 1-5804-2072-9}}

• Burgess, Graham (2000). The Mammoth Book of Chess. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0786707259.
  • {{cite book | author=Burgess, Graham | title=The Mammoth Book of Chess | publisher=Carroll & Graf | year=2000 | id=ISBN 0786707259}}

• Fine, Reuben (1990). Ideas Behind the Chess Openings. Random House Puzzles & Games. ISBN 0812917561.
  • {{cite book | author=[[Reuben Fine|Fine, Reuben]] | title=Ideas Behind the Chess Openings | publisher=Random House Puzzles & Games | year=1990 | id=ISBN 0812917561}}