Originally posted by Mad Mac MacMadI'm not positive, but I think there was a greasemonkey extension that did that for RHP.
From my time on the site, I've noticed a couple of good points and bad points:
Interface is too slow
Low number of members - expect to wait a while for moves
Plus DFs point above
A real plus I found was the site identified the play you are playing, ie KID etc I'm not brilliant on the names of openings (I just remember how it lookes) so I found this a real plus point
Originally posted by Mark AdkinsIf you are using firefox Tools > Addons > Click "Get Extensions". On the page that loads, search for greasemonkey. It basically allows users to write scripts which add/modify content to certain pages. Ourosboros has written a bunch that enhance the functionality of RHP.
What's a greasymonkey extension?
Add ons for a Firefox web browser. Add functionality like showing you the rating adjustment for win lose or draw for you and your opponent...names the country of the flag when you hover over it and a few other things...you can look through and download the scripts here:
http://userscripts.org./scripts/search?q=redhotpawn
Originally posted by pijunThis is very true, DF.
^ of course it is, easily spotted. Nobody jump 400pts overnight.
Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Ratings do rise like this if he has just joined the site and it has not risen to its correct level yet.
They do not if he was 1300 for 12 months and 1000 games then suddenly rises unbeaten to 1800 over 100 games in 3 months and starts beating 2200 players.
What I meant in reply to pijun's post was that looking at the rating graph on it's own is no reason to suspect someone. I do believe that rating jumps can happen in spurts, and following on from an intense period of study, it is quite plausible to plateau for a while and then increase after.
People who are engine abusers play like engines, and that has to be the first, and perhaps only reason to be suspect - nothing to do with what the rating graph says.
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Originally posted by Mad Mac MacMadI had a look at your graph, but I have no idea as to what you're saying it is proof of. To summarize it:
You do have a point in general, but that's not always the case. You only have to look at my graph
Apr/04: You joined RHP
May/04: You completed your provisional games with an established rating in the 900s.
Jul/04: You made it to just under 1200.
Jul/05: You broke 1250. Netting about a 60 point gain over that 1 year period.
Dec/05: You broke 1300.
Jul/06: Your rating had not only not increased beyond the 1300s, it had decreased to exactly what it was 1 year earlier (1250).
Mar/07 Continued slow decline, your rating has fallen to 1150.
Apr/07 Your graph goes vertical and you achieve 550 points in 1 month, going from 1150 to 1700.
Aug/07 You break 1900.
Nov/07 You break 2000.
To further summarize:
In your first 3 years on RHP your rating increased from 900-1150 with a peak of 1300 in between. Net gain: 250 points over 3 years (roughly 80 points/year and a fairly consistent and gradual increase).
Between April/07-Nov/07 you increase it from 1150 to a high over over 2000, a gain of over 850 points with 550 of them gained in 1 month during that period.
While this is interesting from a statistical standpoint, in that you've increased your average gain from the 80 points/year for 3 years straight to over 800 points in half a year, I really have no idea what your point is. There's your graph, and?
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Originally posted by Mad Mac MacMadInteresting... I think you're the first 2000 level player I've ever heard of (even if your rating's slipped a bit lately) who couldn't identify his openings by name or recognize a KID just by glancing at the board.
A real plus I found was the site identified the play you are playing, ie KID etc I'm not brilliant on the names of openings (I just remember how it lookes) so I found this a real plus point[/b]
Originally posted by scandiumI wouldn't read too much into this. Some of us are better at "names" than others. Whilst its true a decent player should know his KID from his KGA, a French from a Caro Cann, a Ruy Lopez from a Guico Piano, a Vienna from a Scotch, can you honestly say you always know the difference between a 2 Knights, 3 Knights or 4 Knights Defence (Clue: Its not the number of Knights you have out).
Interesting... I think you're the first 2000 level player I've ever heard of (even if your rating's slipped a bit lately) who couldn't identify his openings by name or recognize a KID just by glancing at the board.
Can you honestly say all "strong" players can identify a Najdorf from a Dragon, a Robatsch and a Reti, a French Tarrasch from the Q-pawn Tarrasch. I recently played 1. d4 .. d5, 2c4 and "incorrectly" called it a Queens Gambit only to have CMSmaster tell me (after my opponent had replied 2. ... Nc6) that it was in fact a Chigorin.
Along with so many other things ignorance about chess names proves nothing other than that you are not good with names. Maybe coupled with other things it points towards something but nothing more.
Very true DF- I know my level is comparitively rubbish, but I keep my head above water only knowing a few of the basic names- Dragon, Lopez, Scotch, the Gambits etc. 😕
Knowledge of names has nothing to do with skill. I might know the name of every opening in history and play the Grob. (ugh! I hate that!)
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