I won my first tournament!

Originally posted by Ravello
This is really true,if you take a look at my tournament (link above) almost no one progresse with their chess in a two years period.

Very strange. I certainly hope my rating won't be the same in two years as it is now!

Originally posted by Nordlys
Very strange. I certainly hope my rating won't be the same in two years as it is now!

Oh, but it will be.

Originally posted by Wildfire
Oh, but it will be.

A few months ago, I still thought players with a rating above 1600 were pretty good, and I would never get there. Now that I am there myself, I know they are crap. I hope in two years I'll know that players above 1800 are crap as well. 😉

Originally posted by Nordlys
A few months ago, I still thought players with a rating above 1600 were pretty good, and I would never get there. Now that I am there myself, I know they are crap. I hope in two years I'll know that players above 1800 are crap as well. 😉

Thanks for making all the sub 1600 players feel SOOOOO good there, bud!

Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Thanks for making all the sub 1600 players feel SOOOOO good there, bud!

I feel ok about what bud said and I am rated just under 1600

Edit gives me hope 🙂

Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Thanks for making all the sub 1600 players feel SOOOOO good there, bud!

Sorry about that... What I tried to say is just that the difference isn't really that big. I started out making awful blunders and not having much of a plan. Now I still make awful blunders and don't have much of a plan. Of course I have learned some things and am playing better, but I haven't suddenly become a good player.

Originally posted by Ravello
This is really true,if you take a look at my tournament (link above) almost no one progresse with their chess in a two years period.

It all depends on who joined at about the same time as you, I (and others obviously) was unlucky enough to have joined at the same time as some extremely strong players i.e. DigitGus (who was > 2100 when he beat me but now mysteriously has dropped to 1400???? beat me in a final), Peter9 now rated over 2200 (beat me in a final) and fckallie (beat me in a final twice) now rated over 2200 but also turned out to be a cheater. I did win a tournament but also had to put up with all the insults etc associated with winning a tournament below my current level, but that as because the tournament took 18 months to finish, some players on this site do not seem to realize that. Which is dissapointing as I did not complain at getting beat 4 times by players around the 2200 mark.

Originally posted by Nordlys
A few months ago, I still thought players with a rating above 1600 were pretty good, and I would never get there. Now that I am there myself, I know they are crap. I hope in two years I'll know that players above 1800 are crap as well. 😉

when you make it to 1900s, you feel like 1600s dont even know how the pieces move. of course, in reality, I lose from time to time to 1400-1700 players, but still I cant get rid of this assumption.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Sorry about that... What I tried to say is just that the difference isn't really that big. I started out making awful blunders and not having much of a plan. Now I still make awful blunders and don't have much of a plan. Of course I have learned some things and am playing better, but I haven't suddenly become a good player.

I know exactly what you mean, when I got to 1500 I thought it was a milestone, when I got to 1600 I thought it was a fluke, when I got to 1700 I (thought I) knew a correction was coming and now I am 1800 I am just starting to believe I am worth it (sods law the correction will come now lol). But my otb has suffered badly from too much reliance on the analyze board facility and use of opening databases, so I am now going to focus more on otb games and try and improve that part of my game, it's almost like a different game to correspondence chess (to me anyway).

Originally posted by stevetodd
I know exactly what you mean, when I got to 1500 I thought it was a milestone, when I got to 1600 I thought it was a fluke, when I got to 1700 I (thought I) knew a correction was coming and now I am 1800 I am just starting to believe I am worth it (sods law the correction will come now lol). But my otb has suffered badly from too much reliance on the analy ...[text shortened]... that part of my game, it's almost like a different game to correspondence chess (to me anyway).

I have been waiting for the correction since I joined. 🙂 My OTB play hasn't suffered because I have never played OTB, except two games against my father which were sort of a combination of OTB and CC (my father hadn't played for decades, so I won them both despite blundering badly). But I have played some fast games against the computer, and I agree that it's like a different game. I hope I'll find the time to join the local chess club and play some OTB chess in 2006. I guess it will be rather frustrating in the beginning, because I'll probably be almost like a total beginner again.

Originally posted by stevetodd
It all depends on who joined at about the same time as you, I (and others obviously) was unlucky enough to have joined at the same time as some extremely strong players i.e. DigitGus (who was > 2100 when he beat me but now mysteriously has dropped to 1400???? beat me in a final), Peter9 now rated over 2200 (beat me in a final) and fckallie (beat me in a fi ...[text shortened]... is dissapointing as I did not complain at getting beat 4 times by players around the 2200 mark.

Funny enough the three players you named were all cheats.

Originally posted by abejnood
Yay!

Beta-Banded 1000-1199

round one your were 15-1, round two you where 12-0.

Originally posted by abejnood
Hey! I joined it way back when, before the rating spike.

I think the point here is why would a 1600-ish player want to advertise the fact he's just won a tournament for people c.500 points below his level? It's like Manchester United bragging about winning a non-League cup...

Originally posted by ivangrice
I think the point here is why would a 1600-ish player want to advertise the fact he's just won a tournament for people c.500 points below his level? It's like Manchester United bragging about winning a non-League cup...

Oh my......he has just won a tourny and he's happy,he joined when he was rated for that tournament and he won it,where's the problem?

Oh,now I see, none of you guys won a tournament, jealousy is a bad thing ..........

Originally posted by Ravello
Oh my......he has just won a tourny and he's happy,he joined when he was rated for that tournament and he won it,where's the problem?

Oh,now I see, none of you guys won a tournament, jealousy is a bad thing ..........

No, I don't think that's it. But if I had won an 1100-1300 rated tournament as a player who has dipped into 1700+ territory, I wouldn't be posting the fact in public forums. Why on earth would I?