I think I am a 1000 because I barely played.
What is your Morphy Number, and from whom did you inherit it?
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blueemu wrote:
Your Morphy number represents the number of links in the chain of chess games connecting you to Paul Morphy, the best-known chess master in history.
Mine is 5.
Inherited from Mikhail Tal, whom I played in Saint John in 1988. Tal was a 4.
What's yours?
Where can i find my "Morphy number"?
Dec 13, 2023
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AngryPuffer wrote:
blueemu wrote:
Your Morphy number represents the number of links in the chain of chess games connecting you to Paul Morphy, the best-known chess master in history.
Mine is 5.
Inherited from Mikhail Tal, whom I played in Saint John in 1988. Tal was a 4.
What's yours?
Where can i find my "Morphy number"?
You have to calculate manually.
For example, Morphy himself (a 0) played Mortimer (a 1) who played Tartakover (a 2) who played Smyslov (a 3) who played Tal (a 4) who played me (making me a 5).
here are some important links to Morphy:
Mine is 4. Corrected
I registered with the USCF last month and I've played a grand total of six rated games.
My number is already six.
Dec 13, 2023
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ROBVID-19 wrote:
I registered with the USCF last month and I've played a grand total of six rated games.
My number is already six.
From who?
blueemu wrote:
ROBVID-19 wrote:
I registered with the USCF last month and I've played a grand total of six rated games.
My number is already six.
From who?
I played someone who played Jay Bonin.
Dec 13, 2023
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#10
Do you count wins or just chains of players?
I wrote a blog about a similar idea getting to Carlsen: https://www.chess.com/blog/LeeEuler/determining-your-magnus-number
And it appears there is a site to see how close you are to Nakamura in online games:
https://sixdegreesofhikaru.com/
Dec 13, 2023
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#11
LeeEuler wrote:
Do you count wins or just chains of players?
I wrote a blog about a similar idea getting to Carlsen: https://www.chess.com/blog/LeeEuler/determining-your-magnus-number
And it appears there is a site to see how close you are to Nakamura in online games:
Just games... win, lose or draw.
Dec 13, 2023
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#12
Mine is also 5. I beat at the time FM Valeri Lilov (once in a daily game and a few times in simuls) who either drew with or beat Topalov in a simul. Topalov's number is 4 according to wiki.
Dec 13, 2023
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fissionfowl wrote:
Mine is also 5. I beat at the time FM Valeri Lilov (once in a daily game and a few times in simuls) who either drew with or beat Topalov in a simul. Topalov's number is 4 according to wiki.
If Topalov is a 4, then Lilov is 5 and you are 6, yes?
Dec 13, 2023
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blueemu wrote:
fissionfowl wrote:
Mine is also 5. I beat at the time FM Valeri Lilov (once in a daily game and a few times in simuls) who either drew with or beat Topalov in a simul. Topalov's number is 4 according to wiki.
If Topalov is a 4, then Lilov is 5 and you are 6, yes?
Ah yes my bad.
blueemu wrote:
Mine is 5.
Inherited from Mikhail Tal, whom I played in Saint John in 1988. Tal was a 4.
What's yours?
Mine is also 5 at most. I played Ben Finegold dozens of times, who has a MN 4 according to wikepedia.
My Fischer number is 2, since I played Asa Hoffmann who beat Fischer.
My Steinitz number is 3, since I played Larry Kaufman, who played Harold Philipps, who played Steinitz.
My Hikaru number is 1
Your Morphy number represents the number of links in the chain of chess games connecting you to Paul Morphy, the best-known chess master in history.
Mine is five.
Morphy played an Englishman called Mortimer, who played a Pole called Tartakover, who played a Russian called Smyslov, who played a Latvian called Tal, who played a Canadian: Me. Five links.
What's yours?