When to resign - Etiquette - An honest appeal

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How do you know if he took it politely, he’s probably annoyed, but your a kid, I think, so he wasn’t going to start lecturing you about stuff.

I don't feel bad.   Like I said, I had other interests in life, so I didn't devote every moment to chess.   I'm ok with only being an 1800 player and not spending another 10-15 years studying endgames, just so that I can have bragging rights and a 2 in front of my rating.   Obviously, he has no idea how hard it is to go from 1500 to 2000.   He'll find out the hard way though or give up trying at some point.

You need not be concerned how he felt . He handled it politely . What someone displays is important. And I don't think so you have any business in this .

Ok then

I won't give up for sure....but I don't think so am going to find out the hard way either....thinks don't look good for me

Online blitz and bullet ratings are not an accurate reflection of your true playing strength though.   You can't really claim to be an 1800 player if you don't have an 1800 FIDE or USCF rating.   It takes a LOT longer to get those official ratings, because you have to play in classical tournaments.   Tournaments costs money and are much more time-consuming.   You might only be able to play 10-100 classical tournament games a year, compared to thousands of online bullet games.   So, it can take an entire year to move your rating 100 points.   That's why the ratings on here are so inflated.   It takes almost no time at all for your rating to catch up to your playing strength on here.   It can take years in OTB tournament play though.  

I was 1095 OTB and I still am now...

Haven’t played OTB since march

I have a thick skin now.  My Mom just died from Covid, 3 or 4 weeks ago, so being made fun of for only being an 1800 player at 57 years old doesn't really phase me any more.   It stung for a second, until I realized that I decided long ago to have a more rounded life, rather than dedicating every waking minute to chess.   What does a 2000 rating get you anyway?   That and $4.50 will get you a cafe' latte'.   You need to have a 2650 or higher rating to make it as a professional chess player these days.   I gave up on that decades ago.

Am really sorry about it . Didn't really mean to make fun in any sense . And it wouldn't make any sense as well of making fun of someone for being 2000 ...cause I myself haven't even reached there. Please accept my apologies 🙏 . I won't repeat that again. 

And am really sorry sorry about your mom . Peace .

Yeah, this pandemic is slowing down OTB ratings even more than usual.   

Well, that's because chess.com uses a Glicko system.  USCF uses (or did use when I used to play tournaments) a provisional ratings system (only the first 20 games are weighted heavily).   So, after you play 20 USCF-rated tournament games, your rating moves much more slowly.   On here, it gradually slows down, little by little.   Btw, just because you can go from 800 to 1900 in one day doesn't mean that you can go from 1900 to 3000 the next day.   lol   And again, bullet and blitz online ratings don't count for squat.

What's wrong with saving your rating, to give yourself a better chance of winning?   Lots of players do that.   I've even thought of doing it myself.   My official USCF rating is something like 1470, but I feel like I'm playing at an 1800 level now.   I'm sure I could win 2 or 3 class tournaments (under 1500 and under 1600) until my rating caught up to my strength.   Especially now that I'm eligible for senior consolation prizes, it might be worthwhile.   Assuming I can still memorize my opening repertoire at my age.  lol   

It's only considered "sandbagging" if you lose games on purpose, in order to lower your rating.   For example, if you entered several chess clubs quads, with low entry fees and low payouts, and you lost on purpose in order to lower your rating.  Then if you entered the World Open in a lower class than your were before, to win the big money .... that would be sandbagging.   I think they have ways to prevent that now though.  Like ratings floors.   For example, once you break 1200, you might not be able to drop below 1000 ever again.

Thanks, guys. 

Thanks.

Right.  As long as you don't lose games on purpose, to artificially lower your rating, it's not cheating.   I once played an 8 year old kid, whose father was a Master and trained him daily.   This kid had a rating of 1396, but he played like a 2000 player.   He whooped my @$$ in the final round of the tournament, on board 1.   I would have won that tournament, if it wasn't for him.   But am I bitter?   You betcha.  lol   Would I feel guilty about doing the same thing to someone else.   Heck no.   lol   Btw, he went on to become an IM.   

I beat a few kids, back in the day, but none of them cried or looked crushed.   They're used to losing once in a while.   I've also been beaten by a couple of kids.   I think I was more crushed by my losses than they were.   lol

100% agreed.