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If ratings didn't exist, would you still study and play chess as much as you do?
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Feb 22, 2014
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Probably. The rating is only a feedback measure to see how well you're doing.
If ratings didnt exist, someone would invent them
Feb 22, 2014
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#6
Hell yes, remember the ratings system only applies to mainstream basic chess and there in fact several advanced variations of the game.
Isn´t chess about developing reason, logical tactics and intelligence? This predates and it is more pressing than ratings. Hell yeah.
No. Ratings are money and with money I will become Fide president.
Ratings let you find opponents of a level that you wish to play, also it is my little excuse to gamble without money. Can't imagine what chess would be like with no ratings probably like a ladder system would exist, but no ratings would mean tournaments would have to be longer to sort out the deserving winner.
Feb 22, 2014
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Yes, I would play as much as I do without ratings, but if computers didn't exist I doubt that I would have played a hundred chess games in my whole life:)
I think so, but you need ratings to gauge where you are at in the game.
I wouldn't be playing because they're wouldnt be any orignization in chess at all. It's kind of a hard question becasue if we didnt have ratings, tournaments and online would be crappy. Chess, IMHO would probably have died out. But rating systems are inevitable. No matter what something would show up, othewise the game would die.
All true. But personally, I don't care about numbers. I do like winning though. Probably stems from a lack of physical prowess, but that's OK. Colt made all men equal in that way.
How do csehs pceies mvoe?
In some ways ratings take some of the fun out of the game. There is a lot less guesswork involved in deciding if you are better than player X (or if magnus is better than vishy).
In my upcoming club games, i would be thinking about the players reputation, or his previous games against me, instead of looking at their rating and saying "my chance to win is exactly 29.7%".
Is that 29.7% a rounding error?
It's an error of exactly 30%.
Absolutely...
I think I would but, might be more apt to say screw it in a game from time to time and just resign. However, those are probably games I will lose anyway. I think I have still won a few of those and drew a few others, so perhaps it was worth it...?
In other words, I don't always feeling like trying as hard as I end up trying and the ratings are a motivator to me. My love of the game motivates me to play it. Wanting to know how good I can get, motivates me to try harder. Ironically, beating the other guy, never plays into very much. I play the position, not my opponent.
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