Originally posted by huckleberryhound Not that its any of your concern,but.
I learned how to play chess when i was 7 from my dad, but only ever played my brother and as friend, i picked it up again when i was 18 after a friend told me he could play.I stopped again a year later, and only started again when i joined this site (you're the genius, so i don't need to tell you when that was) ...[text shortened]... well, thank you very much .
😴 now crawl back into your hole and play with your bishop 😴
All those excuses are lame. In this, the information and computer age, you can learn quite a bit about chess without ever setting foot inside a chess club. Staying around 1200 is pretty sad - the national average for the US OTB is around 1450. You should at least be able to match that before you call yourself even an average player.
Originally posted by BigDoggProblem All those excuses are lame. In this, the information and computer age, you can learn quite a bit about chess without ever setting foot inside a chess club. Staying around 1200 is pretty sad - the national average for the US OTB is around 1450. You should at least be able to match that before you call yourself even an average player.
😴 hahahahahahahaha😴
edit. you do realise that more than half the users on the site are rated bellow me.You've just alienated around 6000 users, users who actually play on the site, might i add 🙂
Originally posted by BigDoggProblem All those excuses are lame. In this, the information and computer age, you can learn quite a bit about chess without ever setting foot inside a chess club. Staying around 1200 is pretty sad - the national average for the US OTB is around 1450. You should at least be able to match that before you call yourself even an average player.
Which is a skewed statistic because rank amateurs typically aren't interested in what their OTB rating is.
Originally posted by huckleberryhound 😴 hahahahahahahaha😴
edit. you do realise that more than half the users on the site are rated bellow me.You've just alienated around 6000 users, users who actually play on the site, might i add 🙂
A revealing stat, if true. As if that's not bad enough, judging from my 70 RHP rated games, RHP ratings are inflated. That is, a 1600 player here does not play as strong as a 1600 USCF.
I suspect many of your 6000 users are people who started out as 1200-rated provisionals, but stopped playing after a few games. Mind sharing the source of your data?
Originally posted by BigDoggProblem A revealing stat, if true. As if that's not bad enough, judging from my 70 RHP rated games, RHP ratings are inflated. That is, a 1600 player here does not play as strong as a 1600 USCF.
I suspect many of your 6000 users are people who started out as 1200-rated provisionals, but stopped playing after a few games. Mind sharing the source of your data?
Originally posted by BigDoggProblem The player directory (http://www.timeforchess.com/core/playerdirectory.php) shows 149359 players total. Quite a bit more than 6000, don't you think?
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