Play the board, not the rating
Good advice!
Better yet, try not to look at their ratings until the games over. Is awesome to find out after the fact that chump you just manhandled was rated 200 points above you.
Been there. Done that.
Have come darn close to beating players 400, 500 points higher like that as well.
Exactly...I dont look at the rating. I find my name, and what board im at. If my opponents asks me what my rating is i tell them it doesnt matter, but if you want it for the score sheet its...
Then they will ask me if i want there rating and i tell them no thank you.
doubt it... actualy you may be right but why do you think its him?
It was well established at the time Immortal Gladiator got banned for cheating and Billion Tactics Boy showed up right afterwards, with too many similarities to ignore.