Ducks around a pond

Originally posted by sannevssr
http://www.redhotpawn.com/profile/playerprofile.php?uid=409276

I played him a few times, he is very good if he is not opening with 1. h4 2. a4 stuff.

Wouldn't he be a National Master? Not just a Master? 😕

Originally posted by tomtom232
Wouldn't he be a National Master? Not just a Master? 😕

only a master of evil, darth.

Originally posted by tomtom232
plus any of those p1200s could be FMs, IMs, or GMs... although thats not likely it is possible..

It is true that there could be a minority of strong players at p1200 but the ones I have played are new to chess.

Originally posted by wormwood
well that's impossible because there is no rating system in RHP blitz.

They are p1200s from CC here because they haven't played long games. There are a few p900s who have played a few long games and lost. From my point of view the blitz game with someone over 1500 is more interesting than that with a p1200 or a p900.

älytä?

Originally posted by ludz
älytä?

of course I do. but you're still just fooling yourself if you assume a 1500 CC is 1500 blitz. that's just a completely arbitrary assumption.

last march I was 1021 at ICC 5-minute blitz, and 1848 RHP. that's the kind of correlation you get comparing CC to blitz. I'm now at 1460 ICC 5-minute, but I didn't get any better before I started playing loads of blitz, no matter how well I did on CC or CTS.

none of the things that kill in CC work in blitz. they're just too subtle, and get masked by crass mistakes. and none of the things that work in blitz work in CC, because they're too much based on unsound threats, which can be refuted in the time allowed in CC. they're just two completely different games.

Originally posted by wormwood
of course I do. but you're still just fooling yourself if you assume a 1500 CC is 1500 blitz. that's just a completely arbitrary assumption.

last march I was 1021 at ICC 5-minute blitz, and 1848 RHP. that's the kind of correlation you get comparing CC to blitz. I'm now at 1460 ICC 5-minute, but I didn't get any better before I started playing load ...[text shortened]... h can be refuted in the time allowed in CC. they're just two completely different games.

Yes, in blitz I get a lot of wins just by making my opponents think more than I have to, causing them to time out. Time is the most important difference between CC and blitz.

Wow everybody must be asleep - there are only 11 ducks around the pond.

hai
what areb you doing

Originally posted by ludz
Looking in the blitz room its like ducks around a pond, how come no one wants to play?

GO DUCKS!!

Originally posted by ludz
Looking in the blitz room its like ducks around a pond, how come no one wants to play?

Hi - maybe you don't realise that those players with the board consisting of only 4 squares next to them are actually playing games - so the vast majority of those supposed ducks sitting round the pond are actually already playing at any given time