15 Feb 04
I nearly put this in the Only chess forum but thought it was more human interest, curiousity really. I noticed that Skeeter has 211 games on the go and wondered if that was the highest for simultaneous games, seems incredible to me being able to play that many games at once and be in the top 20 players! I checked out the MAP and Trud has 199 on the go, as top man this month at the moment.
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16 Feb 04
Originally posted by PulsatillaI once had more than 200 games going, I think it was +- 240 at the most. I was racing for MAP of march. I played around 19000 moves that month. Needless to say my rating suffered in that period...
I nearly put this in the Only chess forum but thought it was more human interest, curiousity really. I noticed that Skeeter has 211 games on the go and wondered if that was the highest for simultaneous games, seems incredible to me being able to play that many games at once and be in the top 20 players! I checked out the MAP and Trud has 199 on the go, as top man this month at the moment.
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Quirine
16 Feb 04
Originally posted by QuirineThat was going to be my question. How can playing that number of games and/or moves in a short space of time maintain the quality of your play.
I once had more than 200 games going, I think it was +- 240 at the most. I was racing for MAP of march. I played around 19000 moves that month. Needless to say my rating suffered in that period...
Quirine
One of the Chess Grand Masters once said "One bad move nullifies forty good ones" and I think playing too many games does lead to making silly errors.
Quality not quantity especially if you want to improve as a player. I struggled when I first started because I had over 90 games at one time. Now I keep it to around 40-50 which means I always seem to have about 10-15 games a day which require me to move. As a result my rating has improved from 1100 to 1200+ (and I even got up to 1350 at one stage).
16 Feb 04
Originally posted by captainchaosI agree with captaonchaos. 3 reasons I keep my level of games to a low number.
That was going to be my question. How can playing that number of games and/or moves in a short space of time maintain the quality of your play.
One of the Chess Grand Masters once said "One bad move nullifies forty good ones" and I think playing too many games does lead to making silly errors.
Quality not quantity especially if you want to improve ...[text shortened]... As a result my rating has improved from 1100 to 1200+ (and I even got up to 1350 at one stage).
1. Workload, too busy with other thing, can't really keep my eye on too many games which always ends in slow play.
2. I can't realy cope with too many games, don't really learn much.
3. Respect of other opponents, I am sure an opponent would be grateful and benefit more if I gave the game a bit more attention.
-Robbo