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Originally posted by z00tAt a rent OTB tournament I played against the smith-morra gambit and got a draw with a player rated at 1898:USCF (mine is only 1545)
How to stay under 2000 for ever (in both CC/online chess)? Do some of the following :-
- play the Smith-Morra Gambit or King Gambit as white in all games
- play 300 games simultaneously and in each give 5 minutes of thought to each move.
- Target weak players and delete challenges of those within 200 points of you.
- Never hand analyse your games, always use Fritz
- Delete games where your "pet openings" are not played.
he was lucky to get a draw by prepetual check!
I play the King's gambit and I am almost at 2000 (dragonfire is) on this site, and by the way I almost never take 5-min a move on my games, ussaully around 10-60 sec, is about right!
I don't analyze my games at all (usaully) either!
Originally posted by z00t- I cannot play the Morra Gambit or Kings Gambit when black plays e6 or c6 although I try.
How to stay under 2000 for ever (in both CC/online chess)? Do some of the following :-
- play the Smith-Morra Gambit or King Gambit as white in all games
- play 300 games simultaneously and in each give 5 minutes of thought to each move.
- Target weak players and delete challenges of those within 200 points of you.
- Never hand analyse your games, always use Fritz
- Delete games where your "pet openings" are not played.
- I never do this
- I don't do this either
- Sometimes I do this
- but I never do this.
I am still beloe 2000 with 1.5/5 so I guess you are right
I must stop playing the Morra and Kings Gambits.
Originally posted by Dragon FireYeah but, this user User 46058 is undefeated with the smith morra besides one by time out. This user User 110255 plays every conceivable gambit, and is undefeated with the kings gambit, his primary opening, so beat these guys, before you say the smith morra or kg, is totally refutable.
- I cannot play the Morra Gambit or Kings Gambit when black plays e6 or c6 although I try.
- I never do this
- I don't do this either
- Sometimes I do this
- but I never do this.
[b]I am still beloe 2000 with 1.5/5 so I guess you are right
I must stop playing the Morra and Kings Gambits.[/b]
Originally posted by Dragon FireP.S. I must play 1. g4 instead!
- I cannot play the Morra Gambit or Kings Gambit when black plays e6 or c6 although I try.
- I never do this
- I don't do this either
- Sometimes I do this
- but I never do this.
[b]I am still beloe 2000 with 1.5/5 so I guess you are right
I must stop playing the Morra and Kings Gambits.[/b]
Originally posted by rotkWorking on it. Got to 1967 but I just don't take things seriously enough.
Oops! I thought you made it over 2000 dragon fire.
Like, I move to fast, play the Grob (and the Morra / Kings Gambit / Ruy Lopez Open, etc).
... but I will do it (once my desire to improve is greater than my desire to have fun).
Originally posted by wormwoodWell the draw was against someone rated 1625 at the moment - that's around 100 above me.
what's the average rating of those opponents?
The others were mostly mid 1400's to low 1500's. Diet Coke (1535) has just challenged me & I have another Morra game going on against a player rated 1508.
So in other words they aren't novices compared to me.
I'm only mid 1500's myself, for comparison.
Originally posted by Squelchbelchthat's pretty good score then!
Well the draw was against someone rated 1625 at the moment - that's around 100 above me.
The others were mostly mid 1400's to low 1500's. Diet Coke (1535) has just challenged me & I have another Morra game going on against a player rated 1508.
So in other words they aren't novices compared to me.
I'm only mid 1500's myself, for comparison.
Originally posted by wormwoodThe nature of the opening helps.
that's pretty good score then!
I always play 1.e4 & if black plays 1...c5 then chances are they aren't expecting the Morra gambit as it isn't particularly common.
That is where experience & specialist knowledge go a very long way.
I'm quite sure that many of those games would have been lost if I had played my opponents favoured Sicilian defence!
Originally posted by Squelchbelch1535 is my peak rating.
Well the draw was against someone rated 1625 at the moment - that's around 100 above me.
The others were mostly mid 1400's to low 1500's. Diet Coke (1535) has just challenged me & I have another Morra game going on against a player rated 1508.
So in other words they aren't novices compared to me.
I'm only mid 1500's myself, for comparison.
I'm more of a 1400 rated player.