davidetal
David James
Tarragindi, Australia 
Member Since: Jan 27, 2008
Last Login: Jul 4, 2009
Profile Views: 4005
Points: 1648
Status: addictions are the abandonment of the self (19 days ago)
Birthday: May 15, 1958
About Me:
I played this fellow on a backstreet in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) in January 08. I stumbled across this 'chess club' - several boards set up on the street - and after showing interest, was paired against the club champion. He is a tuk-tuk driver, and a bloody good chess player. He played a very well prepared English; appropriate enough, since Burma/Myanmar was once an English colony, It was a really tense game - I played above myself - but he won after I blundered on the 30th move or so. Good on him! Returning to the game after a 30 year absence. My style is Erratic; a mix of positional play, coffeehouse play, and more than a fair share of thunder-blunders, which I am trying hard to eliminate.
Submitted by
davidetal on Jun 21, 2009 7:00pm.
The dark science of ratings is beyond my mathematical ken, so why we end up with ratings like 1430 or 1683 or 2700 I have no idea. However, there does seem an excellent correlation between rating and historical strength.
Thus, a player with an 18...Read more »