A little strange...

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alright i was just sayin well... ive seen a lot of games of masters and even pple with no record or no tournaments played, and pple can really memorize fritz like moves and or openings, endings, but it was just a thought. you might be right.

Originally posted by ize
alright i was just sayin well... ive seen a lot of games of masters and even pple with no record or no tournaments played, and pple can really memorize fritz like moves and or openings, endings, but it was just a thought. you might be right.

Openings certainly. Endings to some extent. But I seriously doubt that people can (or would bother to) memorize Fritz-like moves.

But strong players do develop the ability to calculate tactical positions with a high degree of accuracy. Just not as relentlessly blunder-proof as Fritz would be.

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
I disagree. Players rated above 1600 make blunders (eg Game 2455246 where my opponent was graded above 1900 at the time), they just don't make them as oftem. Heck, even 2800+ GMs miss mates in 1 at times.

of course, but there seems to be a big difference at around 1600. 1500's drop pieces for free in about every 3-5th game, 1600's maybe every 30th game. unsound sacs happen and missplayed complex tactics of course, but not much simple random 1-move disasters anymore. you usually have to actually push 1600+ people before they drop anything.

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I think you may be mistakenly equating somebody making a surprising move with using a computer. I used ChessMaster to look at his moves. There is no way I can conclude he was using a computer. Making accusations like yours in public forums is very inappropriate. If you accuse somebody of cheating in the forum, you had better have something to back it up, and here you have nothing.

Folks, when you accuse somebody of cheating, you are making the accusation against a PERSON, one who is entitled to human dignity and has a right to be free of careless and reckless charges of dishonesty.

i think that people are capable of playing far better than their rating. but silly mistakes can keep one from having a high rating. so it's very possible you're playing a very good 1000 rated person.