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madhacker
2700 vs 2500:
One of the English GMs, I've forgotten which one, is meant to have described played Karpov as follows. You play a good opening, get a good position, make good plans, improve your position, think you might have a shot at winning, and then suddenly it will dawn on you that your position is totally lost, and you have no idea how or why.
karthikdchamp
2700 cant be so stupid
Shippen
i was beaten twice by a 1200 player recently.His strenght was about 2000 :D
Yes I took a look at the game, a fluke can happen.
zborg
Every 400 rating points represents a QUALITATIVE leap is chess playing ability.
In the U.S. only 10 pecent of active tournament players ever break 1800. That's "2 leaps" from a 1000 rating. And only 1 percent of active tournament players ever break 2200.
So can 1300 win against 2700? NOPE. Except in our dreams.
It ain't computer science. Sorry.
Stevie65
Or joey's
Hey, are we doing a tag team on these two threads? Like WWF wrestling?
As Madman George Steel said, "I wrestle scientifically."
Scientifically:......0-9 threads...exponentionally..oops! Am i stuck to your shoe?.Shit i burnt my oxford..OK Z i promise i'll just listen..well? Maybe!
micaman994
Anything can happen in chess!!!!
Anything can happen in these threads. And often does.
blake78613
A 1300 player could have read and memorized a trap and be lucky enough for a 2700 player to play the line and fall into an opening trap.
Z..This is not funny...i was gonna comment on the women thread..but since you give the wrestleing bollux i feel oppressed now...It's early morning there now..do you not need pancakes or something!
HighNoon52
What about two 1300 players - combined they would be the equivalent of a 2600 player - definitely a reasonable match for a 2700
netzach
I like Blake's idea.
Since the 1300 has no chance in a million of winning lure the 2700 (GM) into a trap!
Dude_3
not exactly
Thats like saying 2 normal 6th graders together are as smart as a 12th grader
Conflagration_Planet
That HAS to a joke.
RetiFan
No, it was the beginning of an insidious plan to merge ten 1300 rated players into one ultimate chess machine.
Great idea. Down right brilliant! There'll be a Nobel Prize in chess given for this.
Come on man, I told you about my insidious plan in confidence! How dare you tell everyone my secret!
It was going to look something like this, but without the eye patch . . .
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