Originally posted by Fat Lady Remember D P Singh? He was the guy who, having reached a peak of about 2200 at the age of thirty, suddenly started playing like a Grandmaster, winning tournament after tournament and earning the IM title.
Well, it seems that his talent has left him again, as he has now fallen below 2300:
http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?event=5007780
Here's a picture e princely sum of £10. I refused so he opened 1.a4 and 2.h4 and won in about thirty moves!
There's this guy http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12702559
He's never gone above 1903, but some how is a FIDE Master! http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=5102081
And if you look in the events he's played in, they are multiple games against the same players over and over again. I have actually played this guy, and there is no way he is a FIDE master!
Edit: Actually, he's never been above the 1800's; the 1903 he reached was provisional!
It seems that the Russians agreed to draws vs other Russians. This was done so that they could play their best vs non Russians. Then when there were no more non Russian players that had a chance to win they would start playing to win the tournament. Fischer was their number one target. Can you say collusion and fraud?
Originally posted by pijun that second link says he's rated 2306
Yes. However, his USCF rating has never gone above the 1800's, a huge discrepancy as I pointed out. There is no way someone would be 1800 USCF and 2300 FIDE.
Originally posted by Fat Lady I once entered a tournament in Hungary and in the last round my opponent, who was an IM, offered to lose to me for the princely sum of £10. I refused so he opened 1.a4 and 2.h4 and won in about thirty moves!
This thread might become interesting to me if you would: (a) post your rating at the time of the game in question; (b) post the game you lost to this opening.
Mind you, this is NOT a criticism. I simply want to see exactly what an IM did with this opening against a xxxx rated played in order to win.
Well, I did say that the thread would be more interesting TO ME. Does that mean that it isn't objectively interesting, as is? Not necessarily. I can think of certain circumstances where it might tickle my fancy. But at the moment, the fact that there are chess cheats, and random tales about them, does not especially interest ME. I am well aware that: (a) chess cheats exist; (b) their methods are varied; (c) their backgrounds are varied.
On the other hand, a concrete example of a game where a strong player (Fat Lady) gets beaten in 30 moves by an even stronger player (IM) using 1.a4 and 2.h4 DOES interest me. Is it a remarkable example of the adage that any opening is playable under Master level? Or did Black simply get overconfident and careless? Or flustered and intimidated by a higher ranked player doing odd stuff? I want to see this game.
Originally posted by Squelchbelch Claude Bloodgood was a ratings manipulator who I think achieved the #2 in US with USCF 2702 in the 90's simply by playing in prison tourni's!
Vladimir Afromeev has manipulated the FIDE ratings in a more serious way, getting to over 2600 by organising FIDE rated tournaments himself.
Ed Trice claims to have a FIDE rating of 2277 in 2007
http://www ...[text shortened]... he USCF site, I can only find 2 Ed Trice's (a rare name) and their ratings are 1690 & 1393 😕
But the link you gave shows Ed Trice having the rating of 2277.
In any case, Chess Variants folk dedicate their time to playing/inventing/testing chess variants ... obviously ..) and are generally not interested in building up a FIDE rating ..
why bother when there are many other games to play!
The rise and fall of D P Singh
23 Jul '08 15:561 edit
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