What Records or Achievements Have You Done in Chess or nonChess?

Oh and also

> Caught a passed pawn with my king that couldn't be caught by moving my king through check and my opponent didn't notice until after the game. This was in a serious long game and the guy was 1900.

More than 99% were unrated. At age 15 and 16 I was hired as Chess Instructor for the city of Decatur Illinois. This was for the summers when kids were out of school. Usually would play 10 kids at a time and win all 10 games.

Their ages ranged from 7 to 13.

This was in 1956 and 1957 when there were no tournaments in Decatur and no chess in the schools. 

They were mostly not very strong players but winning more than 4000 games in a row was not easy.

You should be tarred and feathered for the humiliation caused. How many young, bright kids never went on to play chess because of your wanton, selfish, brazen display of  someone beating very young kids who had no inkling of how the game is played? You taught them a lesson alright. How good sportsmanship is to be disrespected.

i played as many kids as possible so they all would be able to play against me. But i also explained chess to them, it was a combination.

When i first learned chess i lost 100 games in a row to my dad. This taught me that chess is a very tough but very good game and helped me improve.

What did you want me to do throw the games? throw some of the games?

not play games with them? My purpose was to instruct and that is what i did. Me being there caused more and more kids to play chess.  

Just won a poker tournament a few weeks ago.

Also won a ACBL Duplicate Bridge Tournament [Individual Tournament] with a score of 83.49%.[those who play duplicate bridge will understand how high is this score]

Also now have played 4 games vs current Grandmasters. 2 with White and 2 with Black and won all 4 games. [slow games--not speed games and not simuls]

I have over 9000 Robux in Roblox

Here is my latest win vs a grandmaster: I had Black

Going through my records--I may have broken a record by the late great Bobby Fischer?

I may be wrong but think his very best record as Black in a US Championship was 6 wins with no losses or draws.

My best record in the Finals of the 7th United States Correspondence Chess Tournament with Black

was 7 wins with no losses or draws.  this record will never be duplicated or passed.

lol

Of course they were different.  But they were all slow play games as opposed to rapid games. 

One difference is my record will never be tied or broken.

In general--the slower the time limit the higher quality the games. 

Can you think of any other differences?

One of the differences is that both me and my opponents had days to make each move rather than minutes.  

Another difference is that the entire process for me and my opponents in the Finals took about 3 years.

Fascinating game.  What was the time control and the (possible) tourney?  Who was the GM opponent?  Beating a GM in @20+ moves is a "blow out."

I conjecture he felt struck by lightning. 

zborg  If I remember the time control was one move in 3 days. I had the advantage of playing the Ponziani Opening  [1. e4  e5  2. Nf3  Nc6  3. c3] which I know very well--even the Black side as per this game.  I do not wish to humiliate him as he was so kind to accept my challenge. But he is listed as a GM here and I looked him up and he is a GM in the US also. 

I did a "challenge" and challenged the best players [with computers] I could find and said I would play the BLACK side of the Ponziani and win!?  Was able to play several experts and masters this  way

and ended with a record of something like   2 draws, no losses, 6 wins

Chess.com allowed this exhibition with strong players and computers as the games were unrated.

And another minor difference: The competition in the US Championship was obviously much stronger than what you played in. Unless you think you were the Bobby Fischer of Postal?

I was an All State wrestler in High School and wrestled post High School until I was 27. As a chessplayer I'm mediocre, but I do have a couple wins over a couple "weak masters" from when I was playing regular tournament chess in Southern California. I've met many grandmasters and IMs. Once I zinged Jeremy Silman at a Los Angeles tourney while he was kibbitzing games. While kibbitzing he complained that sometimes he was overwhelmed by groupies. I piped up from the crowd "any of them women?". He wasn't amused. 

At that time I was very strong in Postal/Correspondence.  Because of a disability I was never able to play much in over-the-board chess but in my last over-the-board tournament I scored 1 1/2 - 1/2 per two players who were in the top part of US over-the-board chess.

Achievements are worldly things  - here's a few of mine - silver championship medal in Judo, black belt in Kendo, university varsity letter in archery, trophies of champion horses I've raised and shown, champion pygmy goats and guinea pigs too.  But my crowning achievement of all time was saying "yes" to a Finn who proposed in 2002 -  and 17 years later, the marriage still is.  As for chess, I play for fun and slowly... ever so slowly... my rating improves each year.  At this rate, I will have a 1900 rating in 10 years -

I recall now that you mentioned these games a few years ago in the forums.  Thanks for the additional clarification.  More power to you, and well deserved. 

Alissazz   Thank you but I already have a girl friend. [or do you mean you want to kiss zborg?]