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Superqueen500 wrote:
Kasporov_Jr wrote:

I've seen guys who are over 30 still struggle to reach past an easy 1300. I personally reached 1800 before I was even in middle school when I was competing nationally across the U.S , some people just get chess naturally.

I wish I was you 

No you don't.

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Oh this is fuggin funny.

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I wish I was you!! Oh, that's just too much! Hahahaha... Oh, my stomach hurts. Im laughing too hard. I read the accounts (sock puppets?) connected with you know who & they're sooo fuggin funny. The first one: Bad_Girl_Latonya. Oh that's a good one. Look at the join dates & they just happen to all be connected. Friends list, posting on each others home page, etc. But funny chit.

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Kleelof is some darn genius. Even he don't know zip about sarcasm.

He got to thinkin kasprof is doin sum tin to my azz.

High IQ guys are everywhere!

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Chris-de-Burger wrote:
He got to thinkin kasprof is doin sum tin to my azz.

He's calling you a sock-puppet.

Don't worry about it. The chess.com server admin will check the IPs for the two accounts, and if they aren't from the same DSL feed, he won't ban both the accounts.

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That's obvious and ain't he the smart one.

I see MrDamonSmith posted some BS on my homepage. I can see why some of you guys don't make college.

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Chris-de-Burger wrote:

That's obvious and ain't he the smart one.

I see MrDamonSmith posted some BS on my homepage. I can see why some of you guys don't make college.

It is spelled

C-O-F-F-E-E

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913Glorax12 wrote:
Chris-de-Burger wrote:

That's obvious and ain't he the smart one.

I see MrDamonSmith posted some BS on my homepage. I can see why some of you guys don't make college.

It is spelled

C-O-F-F-E-E

Unless he's arranging photos into a combined image. Then it's spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E

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I'll have a drop of milk and one spoon white sugar, ta luv.

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blueemu wrote:
913Glorax12 wrote:
Chris-de-Burger wrote:

That's obvious and ain't he the smart one.

I see MrDamonSmith posted some BS on my homepage. I can see why some of you guys don't make college.

It is spelled

C-O-F-F-E-E

Unless he's arranging photos into a combined image. Then it's spelled C-O-L-L-A-G-E

Oh, myI am sorry!

Do they call it that up there?

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Chris-de-Burger wrote:

I'll have a drop of milk and one spoon white sugar, ta luv.

Coming right up!

That is $913.12

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Ellie47 wrote:

Age is just a number, blah

Yes, a number that tells how old you are

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It depends on the sample as to what you believe is average.  If you put a board down in the street and random people sat down to play you, a rating of 1300 would win you pretty much every game.  Obviously if the sample is seasoned tournament chess players you would need to be considerably better to win. I found when I started on here, 2 years ago, that I couldn't beat 1000 rated players, you miss the most basic of lines and just aren't able to calculate the patterns, and never really knew what I was trying to do.  My goal then was to get my ratings up above 1000.  Now I am in the upper quartile on all ratings distributions and I think 16/1700 is possible. It was all about experience and understanding the game for me, think to get above 2000 a certain amount of studying and dedication is required.  I still only know a couple of e4/d4 openings and even then only for 3 or 4 moves.

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pistol603 your comment is so inspiring and helpful, thanks so much, I am sure it will help many of us with a lower rating to feel encouraged about our abilities to achieve so much more in the future.

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What do people value more, the chess rating or the lust for gold and trophies?

I simply play for fun, if my rating goes up, fine, and if i win a tournament, fine too. But the goal to play chess is to have a nice time.

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Onion343 wrote:

What do people value more, the chess rating or the lust for gold and trophies?

I simply play for fun, if my rating goes up, fine, and if i win a tournament, fine too. But the goal to play chess is to have a nice time.

No it's not. It is all about crushing your opponent and leave him crying like a little baby.

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One Governor of California said something similar after winning a gladiator fight. Soon after he started to search the riddle of steel.

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I think out of the chess playing public the average is around 1200, at the club level I would say 1500 or 1600. Put those together and 1350 sounds like a reasonable average.

On this site I have come across strong 1400 players and weak 1900 players, so take it with a grain of salt.

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My rating finally moved over 1300. We''ll see what will happen next. What are my limitations.