btw for those who don't play on ICC, 2500 blitz on ICC is not quite as high as it sounds, since the top ratings go to like 3500-3600. For someone rated 2100 FIDE this is actually close to a relatively normal rating I think. There are tons of different rating systems with different meanings behind the ratings, so it can get very confusing.

One other thing: It's fine if you don't believe me, fi inahigherlevel. This is a good friend of mine IRL. He cracked 2500 ICC Blitz, got to around 2300 5-min, and can't crack 2000 OTB.

FWIW this is all from memory; I don't have ICC so I can't check it myself.

Yah but I was 1800 USCF when I had teh rating, curtains . My more recent attempts at ICC blitz involved playing 5-min and barely being able to sustain 2200. 5-min ratings are much lower than blitz ones, of course.

I'm probably a terrible internet blitz player now FWIW.

Ok this whole thread is tilting me way too much, I'm not going to open 2+2 for the rest of the day.

Ninja edit: This is obviously in reference to Dire, not curtains or anyone else.

quickfetus, I wasn't trying to insult you or mudsling. I don't doubt that you broke 2500 at some point but it seemingly didn't last and you never even got to played against a titled player while having that rating or even particularly close to it for that matter. I'm just trying to express how things seem from my perspective.

It'd be analagous to me saying: I won a national live event otb. Been there, done that. It was ridiculous, and that was at an event where people were shelling out hundreds to play! Otb is such a joke. You are saying online players frequently do not care/etc appealing to nothing more than your own authority on the topic but without any notable success or even play against decent online opponents. Maybe you get what I'm saying now? How would you know?

This is an opinion I simply don't understand. First, show me the rule where you cannot move until your opponent presses their clock in a blitz game. It simply isn't there. Secondly, Irina made moves on Zatonskih's time, so I have no idea why she is claiming to be a victim. Finally, making your move as soon as your opponent releases their piece is super, super standard in rated blitz games.

It seems you haven't seen Pyramidscheme's posts before.

There's some strange stuff going on with that account. He has a 2550 standard rating. At one time he went from 2492 to to 1960 in exactly two months, without ever once playing a titled player or a player rated over 2300. He then proceeded to bring it back to 2551 again without ever playing a titled player or a player rated over 2300. And now with a best in 5-min of 2271, he's 1985 blitz and 1891 5-min.

Anyhow yeah, I'm also spending way too much time in this thread. And I'm not even sure exactly what we're arguing about anymore. Everything seems to have just blended into some hazy internet versus live conglomerate and I have the utmost respect for both so it's kind of odd for me to be the 'internet defender'.

I'd say I won't be opening it again, but I know I'll be back here tomorrow. Reminds of channel 43 on ICC. All that we're missing now is the classic chess skill: IQ? talent? work? 'debate'.

-ch 43

Wow, this thread is such a joke. I mean look at this guy.

lol, seriously dude. I said standard ratings. The standard ratings(I did some research on my own for awhile) correlate extremely well with FIDE/USCF compared to any other ratings I can find online. I know no one cares. But before you type a whole paragraph or two just consider you might be commenting about the wrong stuff. I know the blitz ratings are bizarre but I know for a fact that the standard ratings are a very good way to compare yourself to FIDE or USCF relative to any other method.


No offence but I can seriously tell that you haven't played that much, especially online. I have played tens of thousands of games in only 2 years online and those games were spread out over just about any website I could find. Most of the time I asked ppl what their live ratings were because I wanted to compare myself with what everyone considered the only ratings that mattered.

I am really convinced that if I get back into things I can EASILY be 1950+ but I am still saying oh...maybe 1850-1950...blah whatever you know. I don't care about this stuff anymore.


Damn I just burned out on you. Sorry.

edit: This guy might not even be talking about me so just ignore me I am probably being a total douchebag, sry

@ Tacto:

- The thing you said about standard ratings is lol.

- The guy you claim "hasn't played that much" is a strong NM and Fide Master. Nice try though!

- I see you asked people about their live ratings. Perhaps some of them were dishonest with you?

- You are convinced you could be 1950 EASILY. . . kool?

This is umm ... really wrong. Very, very few really strong players play standard rated games on ICC. Actually, the entire pool of standard players is pretty small and the bots probably mess with it more than others. But then again you've played thousands of online games in the last 2 years.

yeah, I know that post was really ******ed

Starting young, and it's not close.

this

My suggestion to all of you guys here... is to listen to curtains in what all this questions refer to.. he seems to be the only one around this forum from what I can see who knows what he is talking about... take it from me... I know Greg... he is a very good player... only poker players u should listen to when it comes to chess are him.... Walter Browne... Ylon Schwartz and of course Grischuk if he was here.... also not sure if Zarnicki is around... as far as accomplished chess players....when it comes to me I was decent once.... now just washed up and dead money in poker... but learning....

Hahaha, tubby?

yeah I hear that Dan Harrington guy is a patzer

Or Nakamura, etc.

I'm 99% sure that's tubby and he's a very bitter man.

actually the wonderful thing about that list is who exactly it considers a "poker person". Greg and Ylon Schwartz, sure, but surely Grischuk is a "chess person" who might be able to give you some poker advice.