450 elo points difference. Even if your opponent was little underrated it should be easy win with white for a 17y old 1850 rated fresh youngster.
Draw after 1 ply
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Adriandmen escribió:
Pulpofeira wrote:
No idea about your second question, but I presume the first one is rethorical, it isn't? (is not like you did anything wrong anyway, IMO).
Sorry, I meant if it's ethically correct to do so. I'll edit the question.
To me it is. A chessboard is not the Circus Maximus.
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You are the only one that can punish himself for being so stupid. You came there to win, not to draw, that is the mindset champions have. And even worse was to do it on move one against a dude 400 points below your rating, don't you trust in yourself?
You can't block in real life.
Jul 28, 2016
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#7
Still, no one cares, if he is a GM or a noob. You came there to win whenever you had the opportunity to. Fischer wasn't like that. Unambitious chess players are nightmares.
Jul 28, 2016
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#8
are you really going to complain about it being rated?....you cant have your cake and eat it too.
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#9
put other ways, you cant be comfortable with a draw to secure a tournament victory, but not comfortable losing the rating points
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Adriandmen wrote:
bbeltkyle89 wrote:
are you really going to complain about it being rated?....you cant have your cake and eat it too.
Hmmm, I forgot to tell something else about the situation. First, I didn't really care about the rating. But the arbiter told me after the game that it wasn't going to be rated, since both players needed to play at least one move. I was happy, because it wouldn't cost me ~17 rating points.
Today I found out that they had either been lying, or wrong.
It seems like you have something to say to anyone who said that offering the draw is bad form...so do you really even care if its ethically correct?
did you ask anyone who could have got a higher standing had you beat your opponent how ethical your choice was?
Jul 28, 2016
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#11
kaynight wrote:
I say.. You chaps are obviously not British.
did our flags give it away?
It's a cowards way of securing the tournament win. If you are content with that then that is all that matters. In the end .... No one cares about this stuff.
Jul 28, 2016
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#14
At your level, you go to a tournament to learn from your games, not to win the tournament. If you're going to tournaments with IMs or GMs in them, it is acceptable to take early draws as the tournament is worth winning. But generally you should ignore all of this stuff, just play as best as you can and think of the result as a 'bonus'.
Jul 28, 2016
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#17
I'm not sure the tournament situation, or the prize pool, but why is everyone being so mean??? He wanted to secure 1st prize, the opponent didn't have to accept!!! He probably got a fair amount of money from it and it's one round...
His question was whether that arbiter was correct in that it shouldn't be rated... I don't know the answer but why not help him instead of calling him a coward for not being rich/wanting to not go through those nerves...
His question was whether that arbiter was correct in that it shouldn't be rated... I don't know the answer but why not help him instead of calling him a coward for not being rich/wanting to not go through those nerves...
Jul 28, 2016
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#19
Those tournament have really big prize pool for top places. And Masters have worked hard to become what they are. And they probably agreed quickly after playing dozens of moves.
I really doubt he was playing in big tournament with big money. If he wanted draw, he could at least played 15 moves or so and offer one. What he did is really for a shame. And he screw players behind him who really fight and work to improve.
That reminds me of a Fisher story. I heard when he was playing in a tournament with many russian GM's and he need top place to qualify , other players kicked him by agreeing to a draw between them.
No idea about your second question, but I presume the first one is rethorical, it isn't? (is not like you did anything wrong anyway, IMO).