Originally posted by padger I have played in it before and just got thrashed .I play for fun not just to win and getting thrashed is not fun.There are much better players than me but do they get the fun out of I do ?
In my opinion all tournaments should be banded and as you get better you are moved to the next level this would stop those who cheat to get a lower rating
"I play for fun not just to win and getting thrashed is not fun".
Isn't that statement slightly contradictory ?
And I have always thought it was a good thing to learn something useful from every game. A player of your rating makes certain kinds of mistakes. They are quite easily identified and corrected. If you consciously decide not to improve your game then you should not complain, just play.
I am not complaining .I am just pointing out one of the reasons there are not more people playing in ,what should be the premium tournament of the year, the championship
Originally posted by caissad4 "I play for fun not just to win and getting thrashed is not fun".
Isn't that statement slightly contradictory ?
And I have always thought it was a good thing to learn something useful from every game. A player of your rating makes certain kinds of mistakes. They are quite easily identified and corrected. If you consciously decide not to improve your game then you should not complain, just play.
How can you learn something from every game? I've done the fools mate at least twice I can probably learn from that the first time and I won them both times. Also I know a 13 move fried liver mate that I've done a handful of times so I don't think I really learned too much from that except for memory. 😉
Well, for one brief, bright and shining moment this morning, I was actually leading Group 56 with 12 points!
Reminds me of something said about running marathons: "Any time you're running in a marathon and feeling really good, don't worry - you'll get over it!"
Originally posted by FastEddieB Well, for one brief, bright and shining moment this morning, I was actually leading Group 56 with 12 points!
Reminds me of something said about running marathons: "Any time you're running in a marathon and feeling really good, don't worry - you'll get over it!"
Originally posted by FastEddieB One participant in our group (#56) shows as on "Vacation".
What does this mean? It does seem his timebank is still depleting.
The person can't be timed out right now and the timebank will still deplete. When the guy is on vacation when the timebank is empty he still can't be timed out until after the vacation.
Thought I'd wait until game was over until I posted it.
So, could I have gained a win? Got a bit repetitive at the end but felt opponment wanted to push king to h1, but this would have been the same, check, block, check, block.
2014 Championship
24 May '14 07:55
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