Upset Games!

In no way do I mean to offend some of the top rated players in any way in this post, but it should actually be taken as bragging rights because u select few lose so few games.

If we could, I think that we should put somewhere who has beaten some of these top rated players that very rarely lose, so that we can look at the games and learn from them. I know that it sometimes takes me a while to find the only game that a player has lost.

For example: Akizy has only lost to two players Ivanhoe and Baca.
Ironman31 has lost only to hungtn.
kingcaptured has only lost to syopaasi.
David Tebb has lost once to gandolfini.

and so on....

Any thoughts on this??

I think it is enough to have all there games or at least the last 300 available to be looked at.. Plus these players have the ability to change their style of play to suit each player. beating them is truly a feat but posting it I think goes against chess edicate...

Originally posted by knapster
In no way do I mean to offend some of the top rated players in any way in this post, but it should actually be taken as bragging rights because u select few lose so few games.

If we could, I think that we should put somewhere who has beaten some of these top rated players that very rarely lose, so that we can look at the games and learn from them. I know ...[text shortened]... David Tebb has lost once to gandolfini.

and so on....

Any thoughts on this??

timeout shouldnt count as upsets either...only checkmates and resignations.

Originally posted by Bobla45
The only game Ironman lost he told me he lost on a mouse slip. I wouldnt be surprised if that accounts for some of the upsets at the top.

Originally posted by knapster
David Tebb has lost once to gandolfini.

Originally posted by qweejy
I wouldn't call gandolfini beating David Tebb that much of an upset. gandolfini was a very good player whose current rating is a reflection of having to leave the site and resign many games.

I will try to reply to all of these comments in turn...

I don't think that posting them is against chess edicate (or at least mine that is) because chess is all about the learning experience...and being able to be a good loser is just as important if not more than being a good winner.

As for making a slip of the mouse...well...i guess that is possible...

Now when it comes to timeouts i do believe that these timeouts are not accidental. I think that some of these players don't move because they are down by points or in position (keep in mind i said "some" )

I guess i do believe that a "mouse slip" is possible, but i know that i have never done it...or at least not on a correspondence chess site...i have however clicked enter and then decided that it was a bad move, so someone should ask him how it actually happened before talking more about it...

again, i do not mean to offend anyone by my statements

knapster

Originally posted by David Tebb
I agree. Gandolfini was one of the best players on the site. We had some fantastic games. It's sad that he had to leave.

Dave

Originally posted by gambit3
How do you slip and click enter?

Originally posted by David Tebb
I agree. Gandolfini was one of the best players on the site. We had some fantastic games. It's sad that he had to leave.

Dave

Originally posted by knapster
Yes, i happen to agree with u, but he was still a much lower rated player than u, so...i posted it 😉

I believe yall mean "etiquette" and not edicate....


Aaron

Originally posted by David Tebb
You're wrong. The game was played in November 2002. When the game ended Galdofini was rated 1766 and I was rated 1795. Practically the same! I verified this by clicking on Galdolfini's rating graph (in his profile) and located our game.

By the way, for anyone who's interested here it is:-

Game 118219

Dave

so makeing a special post when an upset is not bragging or boasting and essentially rubbing it in which would be against chess etiquette..yes...isnt traditional to end games with a hand shake and maybe analysis but certainly not gloating.