I need Help to 1600 from EVERYONE

actually my uscf rating is >1600... 1636 to be precise. and probably the only one commenting here who has an otb rating above 1600.

a. SocialPanada is a 1700 FIDE player, and what is your CFC account number? I wouldn't brag about a 1600 OTB rating too much, there are 12 year olds on this site, Canadian no less who have a 1950 CFC rating. That's not amazing compared to some players who have that rating by age 8, but 1900 is still strong.

I got beaten 5 or 6 years ago in ab OTB tournament against an 8 year old prodigy. His rating when we played was in the mid-1800s, and a year later he broke the 2000 mark. My only comfort at the time was that the loss was not humiliating: he played a positional line of the French Defence (Advance variation) very well, won a pawn and brought about forcing exchanges to reach a clearly won ending where I couldn't stop the extra pawn from promoting. What suprised me most was the maturity of his game and how well he handled a position that was more strategic than tactical.

A.) if you read the exchange i wasn't bragging. simply stating that my rating is over 1600 which met the OP critera for a "good person". CFC # 110646. i'm glad that you take such enjoyment in the fact that my rating is lower than some 8 year olds. B.)what is your cfc #? my cfc high ranking was in the 1800's so ive played some pretty good competion. C.)our club champion is a 13 year old with a fide 2200 rating. does that make me any less credible. i don't know but i have a lot more life experience thats for sure. but thanks for butting in;)

like such as the iraq.

miss teen south carolina: "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future [for our children]"

LOL I wonder if she had G.W. Bush as her highschool tutor.

So Chess.com rating is Much less than OTB yay So I can be 1600 Np! Of course I live in America so i'd need South African Education. (Which helps the asian countries for our future soldier chess children)

I mean If I found some random CFC, USCF, FIDE, WTFC w/e. What would my expected outcome be? (no less than, no Greater than)

I first took up chess in 1987 when I was well past it ... 36 years old. I learned some openings and played in tournamants ... and one kid I was always playing was Stuart Haslinger, who's a GM now. At the time he was about 8 to 12. We kept pace with each other rating-wise and I always had the edge in results. Then I levelled off at about 1900 and he kept going! :) And going ............. because all of a sudden these people just shoot forward, enter open tournaments whereas Iwas playing in majors, etc.

Is there a point here?

"Optimissed" :/

He is referencing a post of mine about a loss to a strong 8 year old who a year later broke 2000, and his point is that strong scholastic players can make huge rating leaps more rapidly than adult players can.

Which is true. So the greater point is that if you're an adult, you have to work harder to make progress. A gifted scholastic can jump from a D player to an A player within a couple years, and then onto an NM title years before they can even legally vote.

So Scholastic is a synonym for Youth?

Well yeah, relating to schools.

So I will play better if I'm going to school at the same time as Playing! That explains why Im not 1600 either!

You miss the point. Completely. Its age, not school. Young players, especially those who show a strong interest and aptitude, have minds that can soak up knowledge like sponges.

A comparison is immersion programs where pupils, as young as 5 or 6, are educated in a second language and where all subjects are taught in that language: they graduate highschool fluent in that language and minimal trace of an accent.

For adults, learning a second language is still possible, but its more difficult, they aren't going to attain the same level of fluency, and their accent will be very pronounced.

So can an adult still attain say an NM title? There are players who have done it - they may have had some exposure as a youth, but no serious play or study until their late teens or beyond. Or, they were class level players who studied hard as adults and attained their title then.

But look at the small group of elite GMs and try and find one who didn't start scholastic chess at a very young age. Good luck.

Of course if anything short of being among that small group at the very top is thee goal, then who is to say what a person of reasonable intelligence willing to do the work required, can or cannot achieve.

what's your point?