Highest rated 2p2er? - Page 9 - Chess and Board Game Strategy

**RoundTower** · 12-08-2010, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by YouKnowWho

I am 99% sure that you can use this GM norm for your IM title and then still keep it.

definitely true

but before about 1995, norms could expire (you had to get 3 norms within 5 years or something). So if one of your norms is from a long time ago, it might be no good.

PsiCloneB · 12-08-2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SoUnreal

I used to be 22xx on FICS when I didn't know poker existed, 24xx or so on ICC. I know KingDan, vassil, and chesskid1 also had high bughouse ratings.

I know Gnejs (the top dog of bughouse@fics back when eg the late 90's) went into poker but haven't met him in several years. Stanley (they won the swedish championship together like 6 years straight) also plays poker but has serious BR management issues.

The top players used to like me as partner cause I was fast(I used to play lightning with the degens who noplayed people who played less than a hundred games straight =) with good combinational skill.

Played my best with FireFly our styles fit well together and he was awesume at understanding how the boards fit together and hinting me. I never became really good due to having problems with watching my partners board and only being a <1800 blitz player.

Think I would get crushed if I logged on today.

Bughouse >>> chess

checkmate36 · 12-10-2010, 10:10 PM

Lots of very good 2p2 chess players in this forum.

I only dabbled in the game when my son was young and almost hit 1500.

Link to curtains free vids?

couriermike · 12-10-2010, 11:45 PM

1700 FICS, so not good, but I still love the game

http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index...e_Commentaries
Curtains' videos are great. He just speaks his mind and is really funny.

All-inMcLovin · 12-11-2010, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jewbinson

nanonoku??

I have no idea what his handle would be.

Should be fairly inactive at this point too.

Zviad is a cool guy, welcome to the forums.

Neuroscience · 12-14-2010, 11:28 PM

How the heck do you guys get so good?

Punker · 12-15-2010, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by PsiCloneB

I know Gnejs (the top dog of bughouse@fics back when eg the late 90's) went into poker but haven't met him in several years.

Love the old FICS days of bughouse with Gnejs, WhoamI, LSS, et al. I went to one of the San Jose bughouse gatherings at WhoamI's house. All good, but no one like Gnejs.

checkmate36 · 12-15-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Neuroscience

How the heck do you guys get so good?

I'm guessing variance. In the long run they will all be rated 800.

Kittens · 12-18-2010, 10:58 PM

They are just pattern-matching. Having played and studied a lot they recognize configurations of pieces and identify appropriate moves. Our brains are very good at that.