I am done trying to become a Grand Master.

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sndeww

I'm sorry, melvin, but I'm broke

Vertwitch
Tactics are exact mathematics
blueemu
tistime wrote:

... but honestly who cares because engines are always gonna be better than human brains...

Sure.

And athletics is also completely pointless, because cars will always be faster than human runners, and motorboats can go faster than swimmers, and sledgehammers can hit harder than boxers.

So what's the point?

ponz111

pfren is correct--you already messed yourself up and have little chance to do much better.

sndeww
MelvinGarvey wrote:

Meanwhile, in the furious World of Melvin:

 

this is the kind of pain I have to go through to win a game against someone who's peak is 200 points lower than my lowest point in tilt

 

blueemu
tistime wrote:
25GSchatz22 wrote:
tistime wrote:
"chess might even be solved in a few years" ++ Not before the end of this century

cap

What do you mean by solved?

A computer can calculate the winner of any game with perfect play from any position. 

No, it can't. The computer that can calculate "perfect play" doesn't exist and cannot exist.

If the entire mass of the Earth was converted into computer circuits, it would still be too small, by many orders of magnitude.

ponz111

bluieemu   sorry but computers sometimes/fairly often Can calculate perfect play in some games from a position in  the game.

White to play

 

krazeechess
ponz111 wrote:

bluieemu   sorry but computers sometimes/fairly often Can calculate perfect play in some games from a position in  the game.

White to play

 

Only 7 pieces, using tablebase.

TrajkovicChess

Hey I drawed a 2033 recently and I'm a lowly 1000er not all of us become grandmasters. You have to be one. And that's what I'm stinkin gonna do. You have to be deadly and not fret over your losses. Me and my wife have an old joke.......don't be a Vladimir Kramnik! Lol he got sick of losing. He SAID that! And gave it up! Not me. Not in all your years

blueemu
ponz111 wrote:

bluieemu   sorry but computers sometimes/fairly often Can calculate perfect play in some games from a position in  the game.

White to play

 

Sure, and they're even better at calculating this position:

 

Now try it from the initial set-up position.

TrajkovicChess
blueemu wrote:
ponz111 wrote:

bluieemu   sorry but computers sometimes/fairly often Can calculate perfect play in some

games from a position in  the game.

White to play

That's too easy buddy

 

 

Sure, and they're even better at calculating this position:

 

 

Now try it from the initial set-up position.

 

StormCentre3

Clearly the OP does not enjoy playing the board game, but rather holds some mystical ideas about it’s worth and value. Get out ... sooner the better. Save all the wasted time. His girlfriend might forgive him if he’s not the best.

lfPatriotGames
TheNameofNames wrote:

A 10 year old became a grandmaster recently

Thats amazing. If it's true. What is their name?

blueemu
lfPatriotGames wrote:
TheNameofNames wrote:

A 10 year old became a grandmaster recently

Thats amazing. If it's true. What is their name?

AFAIK Karjakin still holds the record at 12 years old. An Indian boy recently moved into second place, though, at 12 years and a couple of months... perhaps that's what the above poster is thinking about.

RamKaushal
blueemu wrote:
lfPatriotGames wrote:
TheNameofNames wrote:

A 10 year old became a grandmaster recently

Thats amazing. If it's true. What is their name?

AFAIK Karjakin still holds the record at 12 years old. An Indian boy recently moved into second place, though, at 12 years and a couple of months... perhaps that's what the above poster is thinking about.

He's talking about Tani. But he is a NM not a GM. 

pfren
RamKaushal έγραψε:
blueemu wrote:
lfPatriotGames wrote:
TheNameofNames wrote:

A 10 year old became a grandmaster recently

Thats amazing. If it's true. What is their name?

AFAIK Karjakin still holds the record at 12 years old. An Indian boy recently moved into second place, though, at 12 years and a couple of months... perhaps that's what the above poster is thinking about.

He's talking about Tani. But he is a NM not a GM. 

 

At his age, Tani is US #6, and World #49.

World's #1 at this age is a FM from Czech Republic, and rated +550 rating points from Tani.

StormCentre3

2000–2200 forever was an Expert rating. Changed to NM by USCF. Master is 2200. 
NM for 2000? Inform the janitor he is now a DRT. (Dirt removal technician.)

ponz111

biue. review your statement--I was responding to your statement/

blueemu
ponz111 wrote:

biue. review your statement--I was responding to your statement/

I was responding to this post:

"A computer can calculate the winner of any game with perfect play from any position."

I even quoted the erroneous claim, in full, in my reply post.

What you posted "in rebuttal" isn't a game. It's a position from a tablebase. I replied with another position from the same tablebase.

 

BroiledRat
“I am done trying to become a GrandMaster.”

Good, now focus on goals that you actually have a realistic chance of accomplishing in your lifetime.

I hope to be 2000 OTB, either USCF or FIDE, within my life.

A difficult goal, but a doable one with enough hard work and dedication.

Set goals more along those lines, difficult but doable.

If you live in a cheap apartment, better to work toward a nice house in the suburbs, as opposed to a multimillion dollar mansion in the Hollywood Hills.

Having ambitions is perfectly normal, but setting unrealistic goals only brings about bitterness when you inevitably fail to achieve them.

If you are passionate about chess, continue improving.

Although I am still a weakling, I appreciate the richness and depth of the game far more now as opposed to when I was an 800.

With each passing day, I learn a bit more, and enjoy the game just that much more.

Many casual players see a tactical combination as a means to an end, while I can now watch it and find it to be beautiful.

That in itself is a good reason to continue your growth in chess.