User:Bobbylon

Greetings, carbon-based bipeds! In other words carbon-based bipedal life forms descended from an ape.

My approach has always been towards perfection, without causing harm to anyone or anything! Other than being a heterotroph, that is. There are certain topics I believe I can share my knowledge and experience in, by using various sources I am familiar with.

I will start with a concise introduction, then continue with a more comprehensive one. Personal data, according to me, are quite irrelevant. What matter are the fields of knowledge one is confident to have mastered, or at least has a long term experience tackling matters and problems directly part of or connected to them. The deepest of my knowledge could be figuratively categorized in three major fields - Science, Mountains, and Chess (or Strategy Games in general):

Science [Predominantly Fundamental Science and more specifically Natural Science - mainly Physical Science (Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Planetology, Geophysics, Geology, Earth Science - Outline of Earth sciences, Atmospheric sciences, Oceanography, Environmental Science, Environment and Sustainability, Chemistry), somewhat less Life Science (Evolution, Evolutionary biology, History of evolutionary thought, Paleontology, Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Cytology, Genetics, Anatomy, Zoology, Botany, Mycology), and Formal Science (Chaos theory, Game theory, Information theory, Logic, Mathematics, Statistics); in contrast to more shallow Applied Science (Engineering, Electronics, Medicine), and least Social Science - with the notable exceptions of History, Historical Maps, Archaeology, partly Anthropology, Linguistics - Etymology and Onomastics (Toponymy, Hydronymy, Ethnonymy, Anthroponymy), Futurology; but also Scientific method, History of scientific method, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, Metascience, Interdisciplinary Science, Exact Science, Hard Science, Demarcation problem; while rigorously excluding Pseudoscience].

Mountains (Science about, Formation, Orogeny, Orogenic belts, Geology, Geologic Maps, Paleomaps, Plate reconstruction, Palaeogeography, Geography and Geomorphology, Landforms, Topography and Cartography, Topographic Maps, Ranges, Chains, Massifs, Plateaus, Volcanoes, Peaks, Elevations, Prominence and Isolation, Statistics, Climate, Nature and Wildlife within, Human inhabitants, Travellers and Explorers, Outdoor activities, Camping, Hiking and Scrambling, Rock and Altitude climbing, Effects of high altitude on humans, Climbing routes, Climbing guides, Topos, Climbing grades, Climbing techniques, Climbing gear, Climbing terms, First ascents, History of Mountaineering, Philosophy behind it, Camping, Mushroom, forrest fruit and herb picking, Mountain Photography, Peak and climbing route image databases, Mountain Documentaries, Films and Festivals).

Chess (Theory, Practice, Endgames, Endgame tablebases (Nalimov tablebases), Endgame books, Openings (Open Game, Semi-Open Game, Closed Game, Semi-Closed Game, Indian Game, Flank openings, Irregular openings, Gambits), Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, ECO codes, ECO tables, Openings outline, Opening theory, Opening books, Middlegame, Chess composition, Chess notation, Chess History, Chess players, Chess tournaments, Swiss-system tournaments, Chess matches, Chess titles, Chess champions, Statistics, Science and Mathematics in chess, Computer chess, Chess engines, Centaur chess, Correspondence chess, Online chess and servers, Unorthodox chess and variants, Chess960 and numbering, Training and Coaching, Art and Philosophy in chess).

These are the major fields of my knowledge. Any other topic could fall well among my interests (for example Museums, Libraries, Maps, Books, Science Fiction (mainly Hard Science Fiction), Sci-Fi TV Series, Tolkien's Legendarium, Cinema (Movies, Directors, Actors), Painters (Dali, Escher, Dutch School, Italian Renaissance), Music (especially Electronic Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Music of the 70s, 1980s, 1990s), Video Games and Gaming, Strategy Video Games (mostly 4X TBS and RTS, but also RTT, TBT, Artillery, TRPG, City-building, Tower defense, Puzzle), Tabletop Games (Board Games, Deterministic Abstract Strategy Games, Non-deterministic Eurogames, Tile, Card and Dice Games; Paper-and-pencil Games, Guessing Games), Cycling (History, Disciplines, Road Bicycle Racing, Grand Tours), Table Tennis, formerly Soccer (History and Statistics, World Cups), Numismatics, Philately, Cats, Porsches, pre-1990 Škodas), but most probably nowhere near the depth of the major three above.

My language proficiency is as follows: English - 5 (Secondary education bias), Russian - between 3 and 4 (able to comprehend and translate almost anything, except perhaps some poetry; also Secondary education bias), Bulgarian - native. That is, of course, not considering Mathematics - the language of Nature, that avoids ambiguity and inconsistency of human language (Tertiary education in Higher and Further Mathematics).

Other information that some might find relevant - BSc in Physics (Astronomy, Geophysics, and Meteorology bias); Thesis title: "New Cosmology (1998-2003)"; MSc in Astronomy and Astrophysics; Professional astronomer (2004) - IA at BAS (Active galactic nuclei, Blazars, Compact object containing variable binaries - Cataclysmic variables: Symbiotic or Z And type variables, Recurrent Novae, VY Scl; RS CVn, BY Dra, UV Cet, Mira type variables, h-index = 8); Certified climber (2010) at BFCA - a UIAA member; Online (1999) and OTB (2007) chess player - FIDE rated (2009); Morphy number = 5; Certified 3rd Category National Chess arbiter (2011) at BCF; Certified Chess coach (2019) at NSA.

My Morphy number is 5 (MN5). I have played against GM Kiril Georgiev on 21.02.2009. The simul game resulted in a somewhat quick draw (20 something moves), while I had the black pieces. GM Georgiev has a Morphy number of 4, which he has obtained multiple times - playing against MN3 opponents GM Svetozar Gligoric (5 games between 1986 and 2000 - 4 draws and a win), GM Borislav Ivkov (1986, draw), and GM Vasily Smyslov (1993, draw).

My Erdős number is yet to be calculated. I do not have a Bacon number, nor a Sabbath number.

Historical and Prehistorical periods and states I am most familiar with are: Human Taxonomy, Hominini, Homo, Prehistory, Neanderthals (Neanderthal extinction, Neanderthals in Southwest Asia, Neanderthal anatomy, Neanderthal behavior, Neanderthal genetics, Neanderthal genome project, Neanderthals in popular culture, Neanderthal 1), Denisovans, Out of Africa, Early Human Migrations, Pre-modern human migration, Urheimat, Neolithic Revolution, Neolithic Europe, Prehistoric Europe, Prehistory of Southeastern Europe, European History, Proto-Indo-Europeans (PIE) (PIE homeland, Yamna culture, Danubian culture, Kurgan Theory), Indo-European migrations (Corded Ware culture, Afanasievo culture, Tarim culture, Sintashta culture, Andronovo culture, BMAC, Yaz culture), Indo-Aryan migration, Ancient History, Ancient warfare, Cradle of Civilization, Bactria (Oxus Civilization, Bactra, Bukhara, Tillya Tepe, Termez, Surkh Kotal, Rabatak inscription, Bahlikas), Margiana (Merv), Transoxiana (Khwarezm, Turan), Sogdia (Maracanda, Sogdian Rock, Alexandria Eschate, Fergana Valley, Dayuan (Ta-yuan), Silk Road), Indus Valley Civilisation (Harappa, Mohenjo-daro), Gandhara (Taxila, Kamboja, Varnu), Fertile Crescent, Ancient Egypt, Nubia, Ancient Libya, Ancient Mesopotamia, Sumer, Akkad, Elam, Gutium (Gutians), Mari, Assyria, Amorites, Babylonia, Babylon, Urartu (Van), Hurrians, Mitanni, Ebla, Abarsal, Armi, Qatna, Yamhad (Halab), Arameans, Aram-Damascus, Ugarit, Nuhasse, Canaan, Phoenicia, Sea Peoples, Late Bronze Age collapse, Hattians, Hittites, Luwians {Assuwa, Wilusa (Taruisa), Arzawa, Lazpa (Lesbos), Masa (Mysia), Karkiya (Caria), Seha, Mira (Lydia), Hapalla (Caballa), Lukka (Lycia), Tarhuntassa (Pamphylia), Kizzuwatna (Cilicia), Alashiya (Cyprus), Pala (Paphlagonia)}, Syro-Hittites {Tabal, Kammanu, Melid, Hilakku, Quwe (Keveh), Gurgum (Kurkuma), Kummuh, Carchemish, Bit Bahiani, Palistin (Walistin), Pattin (Unqi), Luhuti (Nuhasse), Hama}, Hayasa-Azzi (Armenia), Isuwa (Kammanu), Cimmerians, Thracians (Skudra, Odrysian Kingdom, Odrysians, Bessi, Triballi, Krobyzoi, Dentheletae, Agrianes, Maedi, Odomanti, Bisaltae, Sintians, Edoni, Satrae, Dii, Sapaeans, Bistones, Cicones, Dolonci, Asti, Melanophagi, Nipsai, Paiti, Thyni, Bithyni, Mysians, Phrygians, Bryges, Mygdoni, Thracian Tribes, Roman Thrace), Getae, Dacians (Dacian Wars), Carpians (Carpi), Costoboci, Agathyrsi, Paeonians (Paeoni), Dardanians (Dardani), Illyrians, Iapygians (Messapians, Peucetians, Daunians), Sarmatians (Iazyges, Bastarnae, Peucini, Roxolani, Siraces, Aorsi, Maeoti, Vtii, Legae), Scythians (Askuzai), Saka (Saceans), Budini, Thyssagetae, Massagetae (Apasiacae), Issedones, Aspasoi (Aspisi), Asvakas, Dahae (Parni, Xanthii, Pissuri), Colchis, Ancient Anatolia (Caria, Lycia, Pamphylia, Cilicia, Pisidia, Lycaonia, Mysia, Bithynia, Paphlagonia, Galatia, Phrygia, Lydia), Media, Achaemenid Persia, Ancient Greece (Cretan hieroglyphs, Phaistos Disc, Linear A, Linear B, Cypro-Minoan syllabary, Proto-Greek language, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Ahhiyawa, Pelasgians, Crestones, Myrmidons, Thessaly, Aeolians, Boeotia, Attica, Athens, Ionians, Epirus, Aetolia, Achaeans, Dorians, Dorian invasion,  Lacedaemons, Greco-Persian Wars, Peloponnesian War, Macedons, Alexander the Great, Diadochi, Seleucids, Ptolemaids, Antipatrids, Antigonids, Hellenistic Period, Ancient Greek philosophy, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Macedonian Wars, Greece in the Roman era), Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (Ai-Khanoum, Takhti-Sangin, Dalverzin Tepe, Kunduz), Indo-Greek Kingdom, Indo-Scythians, Indo-Parthian Kingdom, Tocharians, Tarim mummies (Qäwrighul, Gumugou), Xiaohe burial site (Ördek’s Necropolis), Lop Nur, Loulan Kingdom (Krorän, Kroraina), Shanshan, Charklik, Wusun, Jie, Yuezhi, Kushan Empire, Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom, Kidarites, Alchon Huns, Nezak Huns, Hunas (Huna), Huna Kingdom, Hara Huna Kingdom, Xionites (Chionitae), Hephtalites, Kasmira Kingdom, Etruscans, Ancient Rome (Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Roman Military, Roman technology), Carthage (Punic Wars, Hannibal, Hannibal's crossing of the Alps), Pergamon (Attalids), Pontus, Palmyra, Nabataeans, Garamantes, Iberians (Roman conquest of the Iberia), Celts, Celtic settlement of Eastern Europe, Gauls (Gallic Wars), Germanic peoples (Germanic Wars), Roman conquest of Britain, Roman conquest of Egypt, Roman–Persian Wars, Trajan's Parthian campaign, Parthian Empire, Sasanian Empire, Cappadocia, Sophene, Commagene, Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium) {Justinian dynasty, Heraclian dynasty, Twenty Years' Anarchy, Isaurian (Syrian) dynasty, Iconoclasm, Macedonian dynasty, Arab–Byzantine wars, Byzantine–Georgian wars, East–West Schism (Great Schism, Schism of 1054, Battle of Manzikert, Battle of Beroia, Komnenos dynasty, Komnenian restoration, Komnenian army, Byzantine civilisation in the 12th century, Renaissance of the 12th century, Decline of the Byzantine Empire, Angelos dynasty, Siege of Constantinople (1203), Sack of Constantinople (1204), Latinokratia (Frankokratia, Venetokratia, Enetokratia), Palaiologos dynasty, Byzantine–Seljuq wars, Byzantine–Ottoman wars, Fall of Constantinople), Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, Migration Period, Early Medieval Period, Eurasian Nomads, Huns (Attila), Göktürks (Turkic Khaganate, Second Turkic Khaganate, Turkic confederations, Turkic migration, Göktürk–Persian wars), Uar (Warr), Avars (Varchonites, Pannonian Avars, Avar Khaganate, Avar–Byzantine wars), Bulgars {Onogurs, Kutrigurs, Utigurs, Onogondurs, Saragurs, Kabar (Khavars), Old Great Bulgaria, Danube Bulgaria, Volga Bulgaria, Chuvash, Bashkirs, Volga Tatars}, Khazars (Khazar Khaganate, Arab–Khazar wars, Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry, Ashkenazi Jews), Sabirs, Magyars, Oghurs, Uzes (Oghuz), Pechenegs, Kimek (Kimäk), Kimek–Kipchak confederation, Kipchaks, Cumans, Cumania (Cuman-Kipchak confederation), Mongols {Proto-Mongols, Xiongnu, Donghu, Xianbei, Xianbei confederation, Tuoba (Taugast), Rouran (Juan-Juan) Khaganate, Uyghurs, Uyghur Khaganate, Idiqut (Qocho), Khyagas (Khakas, Yenisei Kyrgyz), Kyrgyz (Kirghiz), Karluks, Zubu, Tatar confederation, Kereites (Khereid Khanate), Khamag Khanate, Naimans (Naiman Khanate), Merkits (Mergids), Tümed, Khalkha Mongols, Shiwei, Khitan {Qidan} State (Great Liao, Liao dynasty), Kara Khitan Khanate (Western Liao, Qara Khitai), Jurchen (Jin {Kin, Chin} dynasty), Tanguts, Tangut Empire (Western Xia)}, Mongol Empire {Genghis Khan, Börte, Jochi, Ögedei Khan, Mongol conquest, Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia, Mongol destruction, Mongol Empire division, Chagatai Khanate, Chagatai Khan, Moghul Khanate (Moghulistan), Ilkhanate, Golden Horde, Batu Khan, Nogai Horde, Nogai Khan, Uzbeg Khan, Blue Horde, Shaybanids, Great Horde, Sibir Khanate, Kazan Khanate, Astrakhan Khanate, Crimean Khanate, Kazakh Khanate, Möngke Khan, Toluid Civil War, Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan dynasty), Kublai Khan, Xanadu, Marco Polo}, Timurids (Gurkani, Tamerlane), Mughals, Mogol (Mughal) Empire, Oirats {Oird, Eleuths, Khoshut, Choros (Ölö), Torghut, Dörbet, Kalmyks, Kalmyk Khanate, Dzungar Khanate, Khoshut Khanate, Upper Mongols, Ganden Phodrang}, Five Barbarians (Wu Hu), Di, Qiang (Ch'iang), Tibetan (Tufan) Empire, Guge (Tsaparang, Tholing, Burang, Purang-Guge Kingdom), Ladakh, Zanskar, Maryul, Pursapura, Baltistan, Gilgit, Kingdom of Khotan, Miran, Seljuk Empire, Sultanate of Rum, Latin Empire, Crusades, Epidemics, Pandemics, Black Death, Renaissance, Age of Discovery, Colonialism, History of colonialism, European colonialism, Age of Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Russo-Turkish (Ottoman–Russian) wars, Crimean War, Russo-Japanese War, Bulgarian History (First Bulgarian Empire, Second Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine–Bulgarian wars, Glagolitic script, Cyrillic script, Early Cyrillic alphabet, Old Church Slavonic, Christianization of Bulgaria, Bogomilism, Paulicianism, Catharism, Waldensians, Ottoman Bulgaria, National awakening of Bulgaria, Bulgarian National Revival, April Uprising, Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, Principality of Bulgaria, Eastern Rumelia, Bulgarian unification, Serbo-Bulgarian War, Kingdom of Bulgaria, Balkan Wars, First Balkan War, Second Balkan War, Bulgaria in World War I, Bulgaria in World War II), Greek Revolution, Greek civil wars of 1824–1825, Epirus Revolt of 1854, Greco-Turkish War (1897), Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, Turkish War of Independence, First World War, Second World War, World Wars, Greek Civil War, Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Israeli War of Independence, Suez Crisis, Six-Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War, Korean War, Cuban Crisis, Vietnam War, Soviet–Afghan War, Iran–Iraq War, Gulf War, Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslav Wars (Timeline of the Yugoslav Wars, Ten-Day War, Croatian War of Independence, Bosnian War, Bosnian genocide, Bosnian genocide case, Ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian War, Rape during the Bosnian War, Kosovo War, Insurgency in the Preševo Valley, 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia), Cold War, Space Age.

Bobbylon (talk) 21:27, 17 October 2015 (UTC)









