Originally posted by jfkjmhI doubt many players keep track of their draws offered to moves made ratio.
I just made my move # 2000. It was the first time that I declined a draw offer(I haven't accepted any yet either.) Is the rate 1:1999 normal?
Is it due to the scoring system that awards the winner 3 points?
A popular theory is that it has something to do with the fact that Y2K had more of an effect on online chess play than our separate governments would like us to think. It's become popular knowledge as of late, based on numerous documentaries, that 2K equals 2000, and that online chess play requires some type of computer-like device. On the other hand, some other theorists have pushed the notion that it might just be some gay coincidence that shouldn't be discussed in common circles.
i give a draw alot...when someone with a lower rating than i asks for a
draw i almost always give it...and if someone plays a very good game
and is going to lose and asks for a draw i give it...it is only points on
a screen after all...the game and the good chess manners that play
the game is what counts...it means little to me that someone has 600
or 2100 rating points...play an even match with anyone close to you
and have the good manners to give a draw...that is good play...( but
one can never give or take a draw from that fellow ravello...one must
be careful even calling "check" as he will leave the table and leave
you to pay for the spaghetti dinner...)
Originally posted by GENGARHaha, I like that. CHECK hahah. Don't you need the taste of victory sometimes though? You know you wanna it....
i give a draw alot...when someone with a lower rating than i asks for a
draw i almost always give it...and if someone plays a very good game
and is going to lose and asks for a draw i give it...it is only points on
a screen after all...the game and the good chess manners that play
the game is what counts...it means little to me that someone has 600
or 21 ...[text shortened]... calling "check" as he will leave the table and leave
you to pay for the spaghetti dinner...)
victory can only be found in the pavillion of the 9 heavens in tantric
pose, contemplating the distance to the far country....the "victory" in
chess is in the geometry of play...there is but a transient and temporal
victory in defeating the player across the board...when we lose at chess
it is because the player on our side of the board has defeated us....
Originally posted by GENGARWell in that case I've never had a "victory".
victory can only be found in the pavillion of the 9 heavens in tantric
pose, contemplating the distance to the far country....the "victory" in
chess is in the geometry of play...there is but a transient and temporal
victory in defeating the player across the board...when we lose at chess
it is because the player on our side of the board has defeated us....