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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I never mention a persons chess rating/ability, unless they have themselves tried to belittle the ability of somebody else.

Very Rusty is now going to know you said this.

@fmf said
Very Rusty is now going to know you said this.

I've said it to him directly here in the past. (And others).

@mchill said
Is it your place to make such suggestions? I've reviewed some of your past games and you're hardly Kasparov.

I don't know, does one need a rating of over 2000 in order to suggest spending more time on each move in order to obtain better results? I'd like to hear your suggestion. 🙂

Your suggestion didn't come from a good place. It's the same snideness you use in the SF.

@mchill said
Your sensitivity regarding your chess skills is duly noted. I was making a suggestion so you could get better results. If you don't want better results, I guess that's your privilege.

How does improving my chess ability get me “better results”?

You’re not thinking it through. I pretty much play exclusively in clan games so all I’m interested in is improving my win ratios in relevant clan league matches which deliver points to my clan. Matches are set up based on ratings so if my rating goes up then so do my opponent’s ratings.

Similarly in 1-2-1 matches; rating goes up - opponent’s rating goes up.

So what are these “better results” you are going on about?

@mchill said

I don't know, does one need a rating of over 2000 in order to suggest spending more time on each move in order to obtain better results? I'd like to hear your suggestion. 🙂

Your logic is flawed as it comes from a place of deep pompousness.

Is Tiger Wood’s coach a better golfer that he? No of course not but he’s a good golfer and a brilliant coach.

Would you like me to coach you on your approach to preparing yourself better in order to get better results? It’s part of what I do for a living.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I've said it to him directly here in the past. (And others).

Pull the other one.

@fmf said
Pull the other one.

Why do things you haven't read mean they didn't happen?

I have challenged Rusty directly in the past (in this forum) about referencing people's chess ratings. (The last occasion being in relation to Dive's rating). It is not okay to belittle someone based on rating/ability on a site where we should be doing the exact opposite and genuinely encouraging development. It is poor chess etiquette and I have consistently said so during my time here.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I have challenged Rusty directly in the past (in this forum) about referencing people's chess ratings. (The last occasion being in relation to Dive's rating). It is not okay to belittle someone based on rating/ability on a site where we should be doing the exact opposite and genuinely encouraging development. It is poor chess etiquette and I have consistently said so during my time here.

I didn't see it and I don't trust stuff you say on this kind of thing. It took you 30 thread pages, for example, of continuous back and forth where Very Rusty was mocking me over the death of close relatives before you finally confronted him in a vague mealy-mouthed way, such that he persisted with it and you didn't say anything again. You are loyal to a fault, perhaps. Very Rusty has been engaging in vacuous chess-ability banter for years, and over the last couple of years especially. At what point do you claim you "confronted" him? Did you do it just once?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Why do things you haven't read mean they didn't happen?

One could ask you the same thing.

@fmf said
I didn't see it and I don't trust stuff you say on this kind of thing. It took you 30 thread pages, for example, of continuous back and forth where Very Rusty was mocking me over the death of close relatives before you finally confronted him in a vague mealy-mouthed way, such that he persisted with it and you didn't say anything again. You are loyal to a fault, perhaps. Very Rust ...[text shortened]... ouple of years especially. At what point do you claim you "confronted" him? Did you do it just once?

I'm sure Dive remembers, ask him.

End of the day, Rusty, like every one else, is free to ignore my stance on things which I have made crystal clear here on a number of occasions. Nobody is under my governance.

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