i was over 2350 at lightning on fics when i was young and fast :< now i'm around 2100

Oh. Thought I was good.

Around 2200 on FICS.

Sry for not stating street cred:

2200-2300 1-min on icc

It's amazing how you can be so high rated and be so terrible.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5 Re8???????????????????????? 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxd7 14. e5 f6 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. exf6 Be6 17. Bd5 Kf7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Kg6 20. Rg5+ Kxf6 21. Be3 Bf5 22. Rf1 Rxe3 23. Rfxf5+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Kd6 25. Rf6+ Ke7 26. Rh6 Rf8 27. h3 c6 28. Rg7+ Kd8 29. Rd6+ Kc8 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxc6+ Kb8 32. Rxa6 Rf1+ 33. Kxf1 1-0

Looks oddly familiar? Only this time it was against GUINEO, a 2300+ 5-min player. It's official 8. dxe5?! is an uber sophisticated opening trap.

Also add a few dozen exclams to my 20. Rg5+. That was just plain sexy.

Yeah, someone who plays a bad blitz game is of course a terrible player. Wtf, why are you so damn arrogant, isn't that guy higher rated than you?

He certainly is higher rated than me, for now. Which I find very encouraging. I'm clearly a stronger player and had little trouble brutalizing him the entire game, but I do need to work on certain non chess aspects of my play - particularly time management and patience. I also need to trust my instincts in blitz more. I immediately saw that 20. Rg5 was almost certainly winning, but I wasted alot of time (54 seconds!!) double checking the variations.

And it has nothing to do with the time controls. He is again showing he has absolutely no clue about the moves he's making. To make a move like e5 without immediately understanding why dxe5 is not good shows a basic lack of chess ability.

Those are nice wins, but I'm not sure why you are getting so worked up. Are these opponents insulting you somehow by not understanding/misplaying that position? Maybe they are switching to the Na6 KID and played Re8 instinctively since it's one of the standard moves here



And in the games you've shown, you've won a pawn or more early, not with some great understanding of the position, but with a very clear understanding of the tactics that make the move e5 playable for black. Re8 isn't positionally horrible, but it does fail tactically. That's a pretty significant difference and is super correctable with longer time controls.

Plus numerous GM's have written about having trouble with "lesser" lines and middlegame plans when they take up a new opening or when they were still improving. Matthew Sadler (what a chump!) and Nigel Davies (weak!) are two who I've read in the last 3 days! It'd take me a while to find it, but I know I've read at least 5 (probably more like 10+) GM authors write something similar.

Again, congratulations on nice wins! And maybe these posts are just thinly veiled brags disguised as rants but your opponents made typical (especially in blitz) mistakes and you capitalized. That's chess, right?

It's absurd to say you are clearly a stronger player based on one game, and dismiss your lower rating as a product of "non-chess aspects of your play" (LOL). It's extremely common (and depressing) for chessplayers to cover their insecurities about their results like this. If you were a stronger chessplayer than your opponent (which you may be in the future), you would have better results than him, and your rating would reflect that. Amazing how hard it is for many people to understand this.

People play badly in blitz on occasion, in other news: water is wet

Actually it's based on 5 games I've played against him. +3 =1 -1. The game he drew was me allowing a perpetual in time trouble. The game I lost I just gave away alot of material for no reason. The 3 games I won he was dominated on the board in similar fashion to this game. You could also analyze the game and notice the mass domination. Although I doubt you are strong enough, so maybe use rybka or something?

Also, you should be banned for adding nothing but useless comments with another account after your other useless account was banned.

I'd be happy to play you in a match. I suspect you would revise your opinion of my strength.

Edit: I'm no monster, but I'm pretty sure I'd beat you.

Great, what's your ICC handle?

I don't have one ATM, but I can play on a friend's account. (OMG UNETHICAL ETC). Want to play on Sunday?

Of course they're brags to an extent. That's the purpose of this thread, right?

But on the other hand, I am just legitimately surprised and happy about how weak people with otherwise decent ratings can play. And I find that very encouraging. I would expect a guy who's reached above 2400 5-min to have an extremely solid grasp of the basic tactics and fundamentals in the positions he plays, but that's just not the case here. And sure, it's just a few games. But high chess ratings above all else pretty much correlate to very high consistency.

So playing on a friend's account already showing a willingness to break the site's T&C with plenty of information about me available and me having zero knowledge of who you are, what your level is, any reason to expect you to play fair, etc?

At the minimum, do you not have an account anywhere? FICS, PlayChess?

My real name is not a secret, I've discussed my IRL chess activities here before. I am rated 2100 according to both USCF and FIDE.

The insinuation that I would cheat in order to win some sort of HU FOR ROLLZ challenge is completely insulting and baseless. I don't think I've ever been accused of cheating in my life; the first time I defend myself will certainly not be from you.

I'm not sure why you reference information being available on you; you're worried about me preparing?? I promise not to look at any of your games in advance. I have an account on FICS, so we can play there.

What is your account name? Very simple question.

I think it's the same as this handle, amirite? Only played a couple blitz games.

Edit: Hung a piece in one of them I think.

The thing is me beating you means nothing to me. You beating me would apparently be meaningful to you.

If we're going to play, I'd like to somehow have insurance that I'm not playing against your "friend" or your "friend's" computer. Doing this on ICC against an established account and reporting the game to speed trap is the easiest way.

I'm very hesitant about FICS, but there's a good chance we've already played anyhow.

Beating you on its own means nothing to me, since I already think I am better than you. But you made a baseless insulting comment about my play, which I invited you to back up.

We played once on ICC with me playing black on a friend's account. The game ended in a draw with both sides having insufficient mating material. It was a KID Bayonet.

Wtf. That account on FICS has 3 games played on it. Are you kidding me because I know you can't be serious.

So you are just throwing out challenges and you've only played 3 games on the internet in more than a year?

That's correct, I took the last year off from chess to concentrate on other things. I made that handle to give someone a free lesson.

Anyways, I am tired of your Bull****. We can play on FICS under my new handle there, or ICC under my friend's handle.

You are welcome to take any anti-cheating measures possible, and I'd be happy to take part in them too. This includes messaging speedtrap, getting some sort of video feed set up (skype? no idea how this is possible, but I'd be happy to learn) or whatever you suggest. There are also plenty of people on this forum stronger than either of us who could look at the games. I can play this coming Sunday, or at any later date. PM me when you're done avoiding and want to play.

Internet blitz chess, serious business.