oh and now i realized what i just said makes me sound really snobbish & condescending
serious vs non-serious chess player
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Oct 29, 2010
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Well, I think people can manipulate their ratings. For what reason, I do not know. But I am an honest 1300 (or so), and I routinely get my butt kicked by 1600+ players. 2000's? I don't stand a chance. I have played players in the 1400 to 1500 range that regularly kick my butt, and then all of sudden, they play like 900's (no offense to 900's), and all of a sudden I am winning. So if you are a 1300 beating or drawing 2000's, then there is something amis in my estimation.
acuually it more like i practice alot but dont play in most rated tournaments cause i am a junior and our juniour tournaments are good but i hardly gain any rating points from them
Nov 9, 2010
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#5
So you don't play in tournaments because you don't gain any ratings points? Are rating points more important than tournament experience?
Get out there and play and have fun and eventually your rating will reflect your strength as a player more or less.
okay i am just making this forum post to compare the difference between serious and non serious chess players.
an experience i have with this subject would be that i was screwing around with chess and stayed at around 1700 cfc preferred that is (my actual was 1300 but i am still underrated) 2 months ago i started to take it a little more seriously and my pref. jumped from 1700-2000ish and sry to be using preferred for this cause my rating is far to underrated to us (do you know any other 1300 that can draw a 2200 fide) so basically what i am trying to say is what is your opinion about this, is there really that big of a difference or is it only experience.