Hi everyone, this is my first post in the forums! I only joined this site recently finding it great fun at the moment, was just wondering what kind of rating i should be aiming to hit.
I generally play at about 150Ecf strength OTB, yet I am finding it hard to work out just where I should be on here! I am beating a 1780 atm yet maybe shouldnt be, and have comfortably beaten players below 1500. Any ideas would be appreciated, I am merely curious 🙂
30 Mar 12
The post that was quoted here has been removedhey duchess thanks for replying, I had guessed the correlations would be sporadic in places but the general ball park figure your talking about sounds good! looking at who Ive played so far I reckon id score around 50% against those at 1800 so maybe thats where i should be but I will be aiming higher!
30 Mar 12
Originally posted by wittgensteinianStrange that you are surprised at currently besting a 1780 player yet no mention of your performance against Kingshill. You state in your profile that you are not interested in ratings, so why this post?
Hi everyone, this is my first post in the forums! I only joined this site recently finding it great fun at the moment, was just wondering what kind of rating i should be aiming to hit.
I generally play at about 150Ecf strength OTB, yet I am finding it hard to work out just where I should be on here! I am beating a 1780 atm yet maybe shouldnt be, and ...[text shortened]... ve comfortably beaten players below 1500. Any ideas would be appreciated, I am merely curious 🙂
Mike
31 Mar 12
I have seen very strong players playing blitz and beginning the game with the king and queen on the opposite squares, and neither player notices until castling is attempted, which usually is good for a laugh all around.
I'd say that even the initial starting position isn't obvious all the time!