Wow, that Burden game was just tragic (the poor guy).  An apt last name if ever there was one.  Presumably time trouble had a good deal to do with that outcome...anyway, I'd be switching to checkers pretty soon (and permanently) after a debacle like that.

I'm sure it was irritating. I would think though what really made the situation difficult to swallow, is that this "easy win" would not have been just a win, but a GM scalp, quite probably his first one!

Still, I don't think he should beat himself up too much; he should just admit to himself, he didn't approach the game in the right way, and just erase all of the problems that kept him from winning the game. I once lost a game where I won a whole piece against a class A player (I was a B player though), straight out of the opening, but I wanted the win to be too automatic, drifted with my play, my position getting incrementally worse, and eventually just collapsing.

But today, I feel totally fine about it. I know I approached that game incorrectly, but I learned from it and don't think it would happen again. Not to say I won't get swindled again, but it won't be because of me trying to take a vacation from finding a plan even after winning lots of material.

I wasn't speaking literally (good grief).

Ok, I wasn't sure. Of course I didn't think it was completely literal, that is, that you were suggesting he quit chess, but you still seemed to give the message that it would be a really tough problem to recover from. Just a small miscommunication, no big deal.

Anyway, that's how I generally feel about getting over those things.

good game, but here Burden played excellent chess at first then played like a patzer late on ;sorry for this but Houdini showes that Burden could mate on move 44 in 4 moves, and when you have a forced mate in 4 and you manage to lose then you must be playing like a patzer, additionally, white has spoiled over 8 mating opportunities in that match! let alone the blunders all over the place, what was the TC?

btw what a blunder that was by Christiansen! dropping the queen, that is much sounder than karpov's one  

Good catch, FEDTEL! After the game, Jim did find the mate in four.

But I think it's really telling that none of the 1300 rated players here found it!

after the game is a bit too late.....

you defeated Christiansen!, can I see the game please?

FEDTEL, I don't post simul wins unless I'm the one giving the simul. It's not proper etiquette. I won due to a blunder. Nothing glamourous there.

Nothing wrong with posting simul wins... and advertising other guys' blunders - even GMs. 

Alternative title for this thread: can a hamster beat a tiger in wrestling?

Of course he can! If he's trained in elementary hamsterial martial arts. He can just lodge itself in, you guessed it - the eye of the tiger!

The 2700 can suddenly have something in his eye, distracting him from the game. He'll politely ask the 1300 for a draw. The 1300 will determinedly say, NO! The 2700 will curse him, resign the game and look quickly for an eye doctor. 

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Is there any chance that Vishy Anand can beat a 2700 rated player?

Hmmmm....... let  me think.....

17 straight draws...

Why are you paying for a membership when you can get it for free as an FM?

it didn't happen doesn't mean it won't in the future.....

Ah OK, you should join Team England. http://www.chess.com/groups/home/team-england