ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Ah, another invading German! How unsettling.
How many years ago was your last FIDE rated game?
Tell the truth now.🧐
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Dec 3, 2019
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IMBacon wrote:
Sred wrote:
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Ah, another invading German! How unsettling.
Nowadays we are pretty harmless.
Considering youre still not allowed to have a standing army, i would say so.
We actually have one and everyone asks us to spend more money on it 
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Ah, another invading German! How unsettling.
Its a blitzkreig too!
Dec 3, 2019
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Sred wrote:
IMBacon wrote:
Sred wrote:
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
Ah, another invading German! How unsettling.
Nowadays we are pretty harmless.
Considering youre still not allowed to have a standing army, i would say so.
We actually have one and everyone asks us to spend more money on it
Careful...if the military budget is higher than the education budget you may get smart bombs and stupid people.
bobgladstone wrote:
serdarreshad wrote:
dpnorman wrote:
I think Clifton/ghost/Caspiar and I have seen way too many of these threads over the years to have anything new to say. I also don't remember ever seeing a thread like this where the guy came back and showed us that he actually achieved the goal, FWIW
I assure you brother, with the help of God, I will become a chess master and share it here.
Good luck with your journey from a fellow Brit.
cheers mate! it's so nice of you.
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
Serdarreshad, there's a vast difference between real otb tournaments (the only way to earn a real title) and online blitz ratings.
First, cut a hole in the box..... (just kidding, that's an SNL joke).
First, just go ahead and play in some otb tournaments if u haven't already. See where ur rating is after 25-30 games. Then u'll know where u r and how far u need to go.
Also, anyone who has ever achieved master rating in real tournaments has surpassed a hard to reach level in real otb tournaments. Their blitz rating online (or any online rating) is no real indication of what they know. Even if it's 100 or 200.
hey, you have point there. however, my plan is to get as good as i can before competing in a tournament. that i believe would be more efficient.
and i have looked at many players' online and fide ratings. in general, online ratings seem to be representing the fide rating accurately enough. when i hit 2300 online rating, then i believe i will have a legitimate chance of being a master and try my chance in an official tournament.
Dec 3, 2019
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ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
I can hardly be said to "flaunt my title" around here. You however seem devoted to a great amount of flaunting.
Just don't mess with big Joe, whoever that is.
Playing FIDE tournaments in the states is nonsensical, btw, unless you don't care about your rating or unless you're 2300+. If you want to achieve a FIDE title and you're American, the move is to go overseas for a few months and play in Europe. You'll gain a hundred points; just remember not to play FIDE again for a long time once you get back, otherwise you'll lose them all back 
Dec 3, 2019
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dpnorman wrote:
Playing FIDE tournaments in the states is nonsensical, btw. If you want to achieve a FIDE title and you're American, the move is to go overseas for a few months and play in Europe. You'll gain a hundred points; just remember not to play FIDE again for a long time once you get back, otherwise you'll lose them all back
How is it nonsensical? Fide tournaments are offered in the united states
worstplayer46 wrote:
dpnorman wrote:
Playing FIDE tournaments in the states is nonsensical, btw. If you want to achieve a FIDE title and you're American, the move is to go overseas for a few months and play in Europe. You'll gain a hundred points; just remember not to play FIDE again for a long time once you get back, otherwise you'll lose them all back
How is it nonsensical? Fide tournaments are offered in the united states
I mean you can do it, and I do it all the time, but I more or less completely disregard my FIDE rating when I do, and would never go to an event just because it happens to be FIDE rated.
Only some regions of the country have FIDE tournaments. Almost nowhere in the country can you find accurate FIDE ratings for amateur players, however. There are lots of juniors with over 2100 USCF and sub 1800 FIDE, who of course would instantly be 2k (or higher) FIDE abroad.
I guess my point is an American amateur player shouldn't care about their FIDE, because FIDE ratings in this country are kind of a joke for sub 2300 players unable to play in norm tournaments
Colby-Covington wrote:
dpnorman wrote:
Playing FIDE tournaments in the states is nonsensical, btw, unless you don't care about your rating or unless you're 2300+. If you want to achieve a FIDE title and you're American, the move is to go overseas for a few months and play in Europe.
Precisely.
After Christmas I am playing at the Australian Open - Box Hill Chess Club/C Bracket 2200+
First time representing Germany internationally, but my real goal is to meet Mato Jelic.
If I solidify my current 2215 FIDE I might be promoted to CM which I have heard one can decline in exchange for special privileges.
Edit: Not true, USCF ratings are generally more prestigious than FIDE. I know a bunch of USCF sub 2000 who easily murder 2200+ FIDE
@ghost: last chance to play me before I get baptised.
serdarreshad wrote:
I learned how to play chess 3 years ago (at the age of 32). before that, I knew nothing about chess and today my online chess ratings are between 1750-1900. I genuinely want to become a chess master(an FM or NM) within 2 years. How realistic you people think this goal is?
Thanks.
First try to get your average blitz rating 2000-2100 here. Then play rated tournaments OTB for title.
To be honest, there is still a big gap in chess skill between 1700-1800 vs 2000-2100.
dpnorman wrote:
Playing FIDE tournaments in the states is nonsensical, btw, unless you don't care about your rating or unless you're 2300+. If you want to achieve a FIDE title and you're American, the move is to go overseas for a few months and play in Europe. You'll gain a hundred points; just remember not to play FIDE again for a long time once you get back, otherwise you'll lose them all back
thanks for the hint. i live in england.
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:
And anyway, how can you pursue an ambulance in a bar?
Im sorry ghostpus i just cant take you anymore. You try to hard to be something with a touch trying to be anything. No disrespect but i have to block you. You are successful in bothering me and i dont know why. Look at how much time a wasted on you already. I wont bother you again.
serdarreshad wrote:
dpnorman wrote:
Playing FIDE tournaments in the states is nonsensical, btw, unless you don't care about your rating or unless you're 2300+. If you want to achieve a FIDE title and you're American, the move is to go overseas for a few months and play in Europe. You'll gain a hundred points; just remember not to play FIDE again for a long time once you get back, otherwise you'll lose them all back
thanks for the hint. i live in england.
I was mainly responding (in that post) to something someone else said in the thread. I probably meant to quote them but oh well
serdarreshad wrote:
however, my plan is to get as good as i can before competing in a tournament. that i believe would be more efficient.
For that you should at least learn to use the time which is used in a FIDE rated game (up to 6 hours for the whole game or three minutes for each move) and i think it is also very useful to look at a real board and move the pieces. Some players have problems to switch from 2D to 3D. Writing down the moves, pressing the clock, etc. is also a thing, which even most ELO 1000 players do more or less automatically. Then the athmosphere in a typical open tournament with many people in one room.
Playing with a dgt board or (unrated) otb blitz or speed tournaments could maybe solve some of the issues. But i doubt that a pure online player could bring all his horse power to the chess board in his first otb tournament.
Ah, another invading German! How unsettling.
Nowadays we are pretty harmless.
Considering youre still not allowed to have a standing army, i would say so.