07 Oct 08
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Originally posted by MathurineJust a few minor mistakes by a 2300 can let a 2100 win and you say the difference is vast? I think where the vast difference lays is in the difficulty of attaining the few extra parcels of knowledge to bridge the gap and the pressure of playing every move to that high standard. I believe that a 2100 may make 70+% moves that can be considered what a 2300 would make, that 30-% is a killer but surely 30% isn't that great a distance. 1200 to 1500 is loads different, a much greater percentage in the moves each would make but its just easier to learn to make the moves of a 1500. The difference isn't as great as many of us would like to think... just the difficulty in spanning the gap. Its like walking mile on a slight decline compared to walking a half a mile on a 70 degree incline... the distance is shorter but it is loads harder to get there.
mmm. 😕 I think the gulf between 2100 and 2300 is vastly greater than between, say, 1200 and 1400, or 1500 and 1700. The amount of extra technique, knowledge, practice &c. required to traverse the 2100-2300 gap is - horribile dictu - something I will never at my age be able to acquire. I still marvel the games of these RHP greats, though, and at least try to study them as often as possible.
07 Oct 08
Originally posted by MathurineThats exactly my point. The tiniest error not the biggest error. In a game between a 1500 and a 1200 it would take a big error for the 1500 to lose because the difference is quite vast but like I keep saying its like traveling first class to get there. To get to 2300 from 2100 its like being a stow away in a box meant for a dog half your size.
Absolutely. Higher levels of play often involve lines that are so sharp, the tiniest error on either side can be almost immediately decisive.
07 Oct 08
OK chaps here is the plan.
I'll challenge Pawn Riot to a game and play 1.e4
when he replies - you make the same reply against him in this game
Then when he makes his 2nd move here. I'll make the same
move in my game against him and when he replies, you make
that same move here...simple. He plays himself.
We will either win this one and I lose my game
or lose this one and I win my game, or both games are drawn.
07 Oct 08
Originally posted by greenpawn34I've actually pulled that trick against high rated players in some tourneys before. 😛 I kept it up til they blundered and I ended up winning both games.
OK chaps here is the plan.
I'll challenge Pawn Riot to a game and play 1.e4
when he replies - you make the same reply against him in this game
Then when he makes his 2nd move here. I'll make the same
move in my game against him and when he replies, you make
that same move here...simple. He plays himself.
We will either win this one and I lose my game
or lose this one and I win my game, or both games are drawn.
07 Oct 08
Originally posted by tomtom232Didn't that ghastly Croydon poseur Derren Brown pull off a b***s*** stunt like that with a crowd of GM's some while back ?
I've actually pulled that trick against high rated players in some tourneys before. 😛 I kept it up til they blundered and I ended up winning both games.
07 Oct 08
Originally posted by MathurineYeah, I think so... Somebody posted it somewhere as a riddle and I couldn't help but laughing at some of the insane answers people were spouting off as to how he did it.
Didn't that ghastly Croydon poseur Derren Brown pull off a b***s*** stunt like that with a crowd of GM's some while back ?
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07 Oct 08
Originally posted by tomtom232I hope you realise that what you did is cheating?
I've actually pulled that trick against high rated players in some tourneys before. 😛 I kept it up til they blundered and I ended up winning both games.
If the games were played in tournaments and are therefore rated, that's as bad as someone using an engine.
07 Oct 08
Another likely contender for top spot in the coming months is this guy: User 248107
He has a crazy attacking style, has beaten me hollow in both our games, too - but nothing is as crazy as his profile 😀