your greatest victories

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27th January 2009, 03:34pm
#1
by xandy71
Glasgow United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 375

Post your best victories ,online or otb chess or anything else worth telling about, whichever is most memorable, whenever it was,whatever the game.

27th January 2009, 03:39pm
#2
by xandy71
Glasgow United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 375

My greatest chess was victory was my first win against my father ,who taught me the rules of chess,and a little strategy just enough NOT to beat him lol.

27th January 2009, 03:47pm
#3
by goldendog
beertopia United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 2345

One of my great moral victories in chess was a victory in a long clock game versus the guy in High School who had been best since freshman year. He'd been playing USCF tournaments since grade school while I had no idea of such things.

When we were both mid-summer before the senior year we played that game and he never played me again. I guess he wasn't happy to "lose his crown." It wasn't much of a game for a couple USCF members (I was one for a year by then) but it was still memorable.

27th January 2009, 04:04pm
#4
by xandy71
Glasgow United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 375

That is a satisfying victory,not only did you beat the guy,you burst the bubble surrounding his world.I hope your pleased with yourself lol.

27th January 2009, 05:39pm
#5
by adcc
iowa United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 13

id have to say my chess club teacher. We drawed here and there I I do remeber beating him once or twice. Man he was good

27th January 2009, 05:45pm
#6
by dc1985
Alabama United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 734

one of my personal favorites, myself versus 8 people ranging from 50 above me to mabye 100 below me... A good win.

27th January 2009, 06:01pm
#7
by Stevereti
North Carolina United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 70

I beat Claude Bloodgood in a postal chess game. He published a chess book and was rated over 2000. Also, he was in prison-they say he murdered his mother, but I don't know if it is true. He was thoughtful and gracious in defeat. May he rest in peace (he died a year after our game.) Who knows how things happen in this life-I think he is in a positive state in the afterlife.

27th January 2009, 07:38pm
#8
by goldendog
beertopia United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 2345
Stevereti wrote:

I beat Claude Bloodgood in a postal chess game. He published a chess book and was rated over 2000. Also, he was in prison-they say he murdered his mother, but I don't know if it is true. He was thoughtful and gracious in defeat. May he rest in peace (he died a year after our game.) Who knows how things happen in this life-I think he is in a positive state in the afterlife.


 Bloodgood got his USCF up to 2700. Of course he wasn't that strong. Most say about expert strength. He got that sky high rating by being best in a limited pool of players (VaPen) and manipulating the rating system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bloodgood

Norman Whitaker was another chess playing jail bird but much stronger. An IM and at one time one of the better players in the US.

26th February 2009, 03:18pm
#9
by xandy71
Glasgow United Kingdom
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 375

My best sporting victory was my third boxing contest,I narrowly lost the first two, giving a good account of myself, but the satisfaction of the referee holding my gloved hand in the air was priceless. I went on to win and lose a lot more.There was still great satisfaction in winning and maybe sound strange but a little satisfaction in losing also because you got too the end of the contest.

26th February 2009, 03:35pm
#10
by Gwkiller69
Sweden
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 11

I'm not that great in chess, about 1400 chess.com raiting, but one time, I beat my chess trainer, he is about 2350 USCF, it wasn't really my win, he just blundered and gave up his queen, then I was winning and he resigned after a few more moves.

9th July 2009, 07:31am
#11
by billybigspade
North West United Kingdom
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 100

When I became Shropshires postal chess champion for the year 1960-1961

 

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