How to maximise your chess wins: the "Time zone method"

@Francisweed - yes, I think the assumptions of this post are mostly bunk on the face of them, not to mention whether trying for a rating above your true skill with stupid tricks is really something people should be perusing. 

The closest I have come is playing daily chess. There are a few times when I have noted that my opponent was playing late at night in his time zone, and sometimes even playing poorly, and I'll make a point of responding right away in order to play as many moves as possible while I'm at an alertness advantage.  I don't think it comes up enough to really affect ratings.   

Western European playing well past his bedtime. I have noticed the same, in the middle of the night (between 2am and 6am GMT+1), tired and watching tv at the same time it's one win after another. Any other time of day I'm generally getting more losses than wins.

Actually, everyone take a step back and look more closely at his theory...it's easy to be skeptical if you only look at the surface, but dig a little deeper and do some research; try it out in practice. After all, there IS a precedent for using alternative statistics in order to achieve wins-----remember that old film MONEYBALL?? They--the General Manager and his assistant-- of the team Oakland Athletics, also used alternative stats to "cherry-pick" their players, and they won games as a result, going all the way to the World Series even. So how about we test his theory rather than just abjectly dismissing it out of hand?

@Francisweed - yes, I think the assumptions of this post are mostly bunk on the face of them, not to mention whether trying for a rating above your true skill with stupid tricks is really something people should be perusing. 

The closest I have come is playing daily chess. There are a few times when I have noted that my opponent was playing late at night in his time zone, and sometimes even playing poorly, and I'll make a point of responding right away in order to play as many moves as possible while I'm at an alertness advantage.  I don't think it comes up enough to really affect ratings.   

Thanks for your response Powerish - you have highlighted precisely the way in which you can implement the "Timezone Method" to your advantage. So its obviously not bunk at all - its just that no-one has bothered to dot the dots and do a serious study on this phenomenon, oh, and face the endless criticism for putting forward such an "outlandish" theory. 

just take a look at your 'insights' & play when it says you have the best results.

just take a look at your 'insights' & play when it says you have the best results.

Actually, everyone take a step back and look more closely at his theory...it's easy to be skeptical if you only look at the surface, but dig a little deeper and do some research; try it out in practice. After all, there IS a precedent for using alternative statistics in order to achieve wins-----remember that old film MONEYBALL?? They--the General Manager and his assistant-- of the team Oakland Athletics, also used alternative stats to "cherry-pick" their players, and they won games as a result, going all the way to the World Series even. So how about we test his theory rather than just abjectly dismissing it out of hand?

I’m not dismissing it because of any skepticism, I’m dismissing it because it’s a way of conniving your way to win games instead of actually just improving your own game, which is what we all should be doing