Top dude gone?

What was his handle? Yesterday I saw the top rating was at 2483 and now is gone. Did he get banned?

Originally posted by sonhouse
What was his handle? Yesterday I saw the top rating was at 2483 and now is gone. Did he get banned?

No he is still there. He just blundered and lost his queen against a player rated 1400+ and his rating went down to 2463. Carpmaniac71 vs Jhaker. I played him once and lost. It is too bad he did not blunder against me.

The Instructor

Originally posted by RJHinds
No he is still there. He just blundered and lost his queen against a player rated 1400+ and his rating went down to 2463. Carpmaniac71 vs Jhaker. I played him once and lost. It is too bad he did not blunder against me.

The Instructor

Yeah, I saw that, but the updated game list did not come on immediately, it took a couple hours to settle in. The first time I looked I didn't see a loss, then a hour later the game list was updated and I saw the loss right away. That must have been a shocker to him to lose the queen like that.

To err is human,and some are more human than others.

What a shame I thought he would break Ironman31's record of 2491.

That's the highest rating ever achieved without multiple accounts. Getting there would have been a remarkable achievement considering it was set by an engine user.

Originally posted by KnightStalker47
What a shame I thought he would break Ironman31's record of 2491.

That's the highest rating ever achieved without multiple accounts. Getting there would have been a remarkable achievement considering it was set by an engine user.

Was wondering about that. So the # to beat is 2491. Well, he got close. When you are 2400+, losing to a 1400 is devastating! If I lost to a 1400, no big deal🙂

Here's an interesting game:
http://www.halesowenchessclub.org.uk/chvgrzy.htm

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Here's an interesting game:
http://www.halesowenchessclub.org.uk/chvgrzy.htm

Welcome back to the site after your time off.

Originally posted by KnightStalker47
What a shame I thought he would break Ironman31's record of 2491.

That's the highest rating ever achieved without multiple accounts. Getting there would have been a remarkable achievement considering it was set by an engine user.

I think he could still make it with another string of wins. He played a very good defensive game against me.

The Instructor

Originally posted by RJHinds
I think he could still make it with another string of wins. He played a very good defensive game against me.

The Instructor

You mean against your computer?

Originally posted by sonhouse
You mean against your computer?

I don't think he is that good. He won our game as Black.

The Instructor

Originally posted by RJHinds
I don't think he is that good. He won our game as Black.

The Instructor

What happened? Set your position up wrong?
😉

Originally posted by woodypusher
What happened? Set your position up wrong?
😉

I think I came out of the opening okay. I believe I just got too ambitious at the prospects of attacking his King and overlooked a couple of his defensive moves that wind up putting me on the defense and I was not up to that defensive task. I prefer to be on the attack and not have to worry about my King that much. I guess I was really playing hope chess -- hoping he would not make the best defensive moves so I would be able to mate his King.

The Instructor

I wondered what carpmaniac71 means in Polish.

I know what it means in Norwegian. It means juksende drittsekk

And in Polish, that means dran oszustwo