When I get to 1600...

oh the holy grail of chess... what a journey!

love to play the good sport adversaries be they weak or strong!

Sorry to bump this old thread, but this is one of the best comments i've read on the forums here.

what happened to tryst? I haven't seen her in the forum for a long time. I always found her post entertaining.

I just got 1600 in standard, but man the more I play the more I feel my chess sucks, a lot. Lost 100 rating points in blitz today.

Uh, she's just resting

Just give her a day or two to herself...

I did make it to 1600...

I've danced with the devil, and lived to tell the tail...

I've gone 180mph, on an oval, oh well...

Bedded a girl that I had a crush on in 7th grade...

Gone nose to nose with some of the biggest and baddest on the ice here in the good old midwest...

And now I like to just sit, stare at the water, sip something cold, or hot, depends on the ambient temp.  See my profile pic- that's what I do now.

No tourny's

No combinations running in my head at 3am

No "tricky vicky" end arounds to grab your queen by the ass.

Just an occassional game with a friend. 

But someday I may get the itch again, the nag, the fire...

Then look out, because when I get to 1700...

When I get to 1600 I will cash in my points.

HA!   Where is he now?  Babbling to himself in some corner of the universe.

One way to get a high rating is tot use long time controls, postpone losing games and cash in winning ones as soon as possible:) You could very well peak at over 1700 and make many friends while you're at it
My goal is to get my birthyear in rating, I don't know why, it sounds logical.

If that happens I can happily stop playing and keep staring at the number

Yes me too. 17051921.

1600 "turn-based" is pretty lame, for 3 years work.  And your initial "promises" have degenerated into rampant narcissism, unfortunately.

Better that you study the Royal Game (a bit more) before starting your next thread. You'll look less of a tool.

I hope you guys share some history.

I liked 1600. Had a carefree/devil-may-care attitude about it!

We're both a bit pinheaded, metaphorically speaking. 

As with this thread, notwithstanding.

Maybe I should clarify,

It's not hard to go 180 on an oval.

I had a crush on her in 7th. grade, caught up to her 35 yrs later.

Topped 1600 in 2010, guess you're on a metric calendar?

-and if my posts tax your interest, don't bother with them.

With all due sincerity, from one tool to another...

I'm just curious why you would wait til "1600" to basically "stop being an asshole" (basically what you described)

It's normal to behave like this when you hit some (arbitrarily set) grading target. Often the person hasn't even improved their chess, just played more games to get their rating up.

Most 1600s think they are awesome because they duff up the novice players now, having been one in the past.

1600 is awesome to 1200. 2000 is awesome to 1600. 2400 is awesome to 2000. 2800 really is awesome. Below that, you are only 'awesome' in a relative sense.

When I reach 1500, I'm going to:

- go to Las Vegas and bet $10,000 on one hand of blackjack

- get a vanity license plate that says "Mr 1500"

- skydive without a parachute into a big pile of marshmallows

- set myself on fire and jump off a 5 story building into a swimming pool