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i may be wrong but i do not think chess.com gives a free membership to people with a CM title?
Trying to obtain a title is not of big interesst for many people. I have had a USCF rating of 2188 since 1973. Actually met the requirements to be a FM in 1973 because after obtaining the 2188 rating i played in two tournaments and scored a total of 8 wins and no losses or draws. 
I also met the requirements to obtain a title in ICCF Correspondence, my inactive rating is over 2500 and i met the requirements for a title but to my bad luck approximately 18 games [where i did very well] were not rated and because of that i am 3 games short from getting a title. i could play the 3 games and even lose all 3 games and get a title!
Apr 15, 2018
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ponz111 wrote:
i may be wrong but i do not think chess.com gives a free membership to people with a CM title?
Trying to obtain a title is not of big interesst for many people. I have had a USCF rating of 2188 since 1973. Actually met the requirements to be a FM in 1973 because after obtaining the 2188 rating i played in two tournaments and scored a total of 8 wins and no losses or draws.
I also met the requirements to obtain a title in ICCF Correspondence, my inactive rating is over 2500 and i met the requirements for a title but to my bad luck approximately 18 games [where i did very well] were not rated and because of that i am 3 games short from getting a title. i could play the 3 games and even lose all 3 games and get a title!
They do. I have a CM in my friends list who confirmed it.
FIDE CM only though, right, not national CM titles? Otherwise, I'd like to claim my CFC CM title.
oh, ok, thanks for information!
h4_explosive wrote:
Lyudmil_Tsvetkov wrote:
h4_explosive wrote:
Lyudmil_Tsvetkov wrote:
The biggest report so far on some of my works has appeared now, unfortunately in German:
https://glarean-magazin.ch/2018/04/14/anti-computerschach-human-vs-machine-report-carstens-tsvetkov/
This is the Glarean Magazin, a magazine for chess, art and literature.
The edition pays particular attention to computer chess developments.
In this way, 'Human versus Machine' already has its very nice editorial review, as you see, the author is mostly supportive of the high quality of the games.
Btw., in the very same article, a couple of other so-called anticomputer specialists are presented, so definitely a vert very interesting read.
Of course, you should learn German first, or use Google-translate.
I'm a German native speaker and I can confirm that the article is mainly positive towards Lyudmil. however, the article still doesn't address the issue that Lyudmil's games are probably fake. The fact that there are some human-like moves doesn't change anything; who guarantees that Lyudmil didn't use many takebacks, for example? So the article isn't very well written in my opinion.
Did you read it?
then you should have noticed he says, "...there are indications/hints the games are for real, though this is not a definitive proof..."
That is, THERE ARE indications the games could be for real, but NOT indications to the contrary.
I guess, in this perspective, one has more to believe in the games and their quality than otherwise.
Why would I doubt something, if any indicaqtions arousing such a doubt would be missing?
that's just bullshit. there can't be ANY indications whatsoever whether you did use takebacks or not. anyone claims to know that, beside you yourself, is an absolute fool.
and to answer your question: I doubt that you were able to beat SF on several occasions because you can't provide any proof whatsoever, and even Magnus Carlsen couldn't beat SF regularly. So by far the most logical thing to assume is that you are lying/cheating. Very simple logic
I am not Magnus Carlsen - he does not specialise in play against engines.
As said, indications to the veracity of the games are many, indications to their falsification nonexistent,
apart from the claim that no one can beat SF, which is utterly irrelevant, btw., in the same way as someone could claim there are no aliens out there.
stewardjandstewardj wrote:
Also, this forum is very laggy compared to other forums for some reason. I am in forums reaching 1000 pages, yet none of them are as laggy as this. Maybe it's just because I haven't been on here in a long time
Maybe it has to do with the browser used or some other technicality.
I am also extremely slow here, so that, if I start playing a game, I guess I will lose on time on move 2.
they want us all to have Firefox, but what if I like my old browser more?
ponz111 wrote:
i may be wrong but i do not think chess.com gives a free membership to people with a CM title?
Trying to obtain a title is not of big interesst for many people. I have had a USCF rating of 2188 since 1973. Actually met the requirements to be a FM in 1973 because after obtaining the 2188 rating i played in two tournaments and scored a total of 8 wins and no losses or draws.
I also met the requirements to obtain a title in ICCF Correspondence, my inactive rating is over 2500 and i met the requirements for a title but to my bad luck approximately 18 games [where i did very well] were not rated and because of that i am 3 games short from getting a title. i could play the 3 games and even lose all 3 games and get a title!
Life is just like that - paradoxical.
OK, briefly, what the review says(rough translation of mine):
- really interesting games
- entertaining chess
- difficult to find for top engines moves
- offer beautiful, strong, entertaining chess, that alone legitimates them
The online translation does not make almost any sense.
I could have posted it, but almost does not make sense, will be more detrimental to the discussion.
Anyway, German speakers could confrim the truth of what I say.
One way or another, under the link posted you could replay at least 5 games featured in the book.
Just scroll down the page:
https://glarean-magazin.ch/2018/04/14/anti-computerschach-human-vs-machine-report-carstens-tsvetkov/
OK, the link is buggy currently for me, I hope not for you, again my browser?
And to the point: Some of these 50 games are really interesting; offer some very entertaining battle chess; often allow for a revealing look at the structural strengths and weaknesses of chess engines. And above all, they contain many real top-shot features, which are very difficult to detect even by today's programs, which is always an indication of "human aid". Below there are six such representative Winning Moves.
Whenever and wherever the winners of games against chess programs publish their trophies in books or online: them blowing each violently the wind in the face. Club tents admirers is always over once a phalanx of skeptics who dismiss partly factual, but often polemical to maliciously the "alleged profits" as fakes. And in fact it is not so easy for outsiders to cope cooked in the domestic kitchen game chaff from transparent 1: 1 to separate the played and meticulously reproducible wheat. For reasonably credible to manipulate chess move sequences is not really with today's interface chess software, but also in the "Online Cheating" a problem for experienced "experts".David Smerdon to "Chess News" of ChessBase meted out recently.
If, however, then it turns to the detailed analysis of the relevant parts regularly a great match with the output of the concerning. Engines (under simulated conditions comparable) in connection with human profit trains, this is undoubtedly an indication (although not proof) for the " authenticity "of the Games. And that the programs have still not definitively filed even after 30 years of impressive software innovation "teething problems" or have systemic deficiencies, which can be exploited by clever and creative chess players, is beyond question. Before so as productive anti-computer chess players like Lyudmil Tsvetkov - "I Have Played over 50 thousand engine games" (Tsvetkov in his preface) - is in the corner "Cheater", one should deal very closely with their winning games. Some particularly original are therefore representative of the "style" of enterprising Bulgarians listed here. And whatever they may be exactly now emerged: they offer beautiful, strong, original, entertaining chess - that alone legitimates know
Whenever and wherever the winners of games against chess programs publish their trophies in books or online: them blowing each violently the wind in the face. Club tents admirers is always over once a phalanx of skeptics who dismiss partly factual, but often polemical to maliciously the "alleged profits" as fakes. And in fact it is not so easy for outsiders to cope cooked in the domestic kitchen game chaff from transparent 1: 1 to separate the played and meticulously reproducible wheat. For reasonably credible to manipulate chess move sequences is not really with today's interface chess software, but also in the "Online Cheating" a problem for experienced "experts".David Smerdon to "Chess News" of ChessBase meted out recently.
If, however, then it turns to the detailed analysis of the relevant parts regularly a great match with the output of the concerning. Engines (under simulated conditions comparable) in connection with human profit trains, this is undoubtedly an indication (although not proof) for the " authenticity "of the Games. And that the programs have still not definitively filed even after 30 years of impressive software innovation "teething problems" or have systemic deficiencies, which can be exploited by clever and creative chess players, is beyond question. Before so as productive anti-computer chess players like Lyudmil Tsvetkov - "I Have Played over 50 thousand engine games" (Tsvetkov in his preface) - is in the corner "Cheater", one should deal very closely with their winning games. Some particularly original are therefore representative of the "style" of enterprising Bulgarians listed here. And whatever they may be exactly now emerged: they offer beautiful, strong, original, entertaining chess - that alone legitimates know ... ♦
hitthepin wrote:
What threads have 1000 pages? Just destiny’s and that’s it I think
In Open Discussion, "Picture of the Day" is now at 990 pages
Lyudmil_Tsvetkov wrote:
stewardjandstewardj wrote:
Also, this forum is very laggy compared to other forums for some reason. I am in forums reaching 1000 pages, yet none of them are as laggy as this. Maybe it's just because I haven't been on here in a long time
Maybe it has to do with the browser used or some other technicality.
I am also extremely slow here, so that, if I start playing a game, I guess I will lose on time on move 2.
they want us all to have Firefox, but what if I like my old browser more?
Firefox? I can play live chess fine in Google Chrome
Lyudmil, my computer once again decides to stop working with the link you gave me. My computer does that a lot with links, especially if it's links not too many people go to. Like there's no doubt it won't work for things like Facebook or Amazon or something like that, but I can never be to sure about the links you give me. Could you possibly copy and paste this review here?
Just some simple facts to differentiate between Legit and Fakes.
1.(A) Fake chess player- Brag about winning vs computers(possibly low depth, crappy version), other super human level achievements
1. ( B) Legit player - Show Title, humble , knows human limitation.
2. (A) Fake business- Magic techniques to earn $10000 by investing $100.
2. (B) Legit business- Show their history, activities, future plans.
3. (A). Fake doctor/medicine- 99% success rate in 3 weeks/3 months with magic pills/technique.
3. (B).Real doctor- Has degrees, explain current condition, treatment benefits/risks.
Just some highlight about- Fake vs Legit
stewardjandstewardj wrote:
Lyudmil, my computer once again decides to stop working with the link you gave me. My computer does that a lot with links, especially if it's links not too many people go to. Like there's no doubt it won't work for things like Facebook or Amazon or something like that, but I can never be to sure about the links you give me. Could you possibly copy and paste this review here?
Software sucks.
Updating or de-updating frequently might create problems, so I try to do it as rarely as possible.
drmrboss wrote:
Just some simple facts to differentiate between Legit and Fakes.
1.(A) Fake chess player- Brag about winning vs computers(possibly low depth, crappy version), other super human level achievements
1. ( B) Legit player - Show Title, humble , knows human limitation.
2. (A) Fake business- Magic techniques to earn $10000 by investing $100.
2. (B) Legit business- Show their history, activities, future plans.
3. (A). Fake doctor/medicine- 99% success rate in 3 weeks/3 months with magic pills/technique.
3. (B).Real doctor- Has degrees, explain current condition, treatment benefits/risks.
Just some highlight about- Fake vs Legit
So that, on all counts, it seems I am legit. 
no, not my connection, it works fine on every other forum