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28 Dec 2010, 7:02 am

Even I with my 3.3 average who has almost graduated college, wish I was smart enough to be good at chess. I always lose, but I always learn.



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28 Dec 2010, 12:07 pm

I'm an amateur player myself with a rating of ~1400); loom for me on redhotpawn.com (user name=MacTheKnife) or letsplaychess.com (user name=douglas_macneill)



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07 Jan 2011, 10:22 pm

Douglas_MacNeill wrote:
I'm an amateur player myself with a rating of ~1400); loom for me on redhotpawn.com (user name=MacTheKnife) or letsplaychess.com (user name=douglas_macneill)

Out of curiosity, where does that 1400 rating come from?

A 1400 USCF rating is very different from a 1400 FICS ratings is very different from a 1400 Yahoo rating.


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09 Jan 2011, 9:20 pm

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22 Jan 2011, 9:57 pm

I know how to play chess, but I find it very difficult.


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24 Jan 2011, 8:46 pm

I started playing chess when I was only 8. I don't want to brag, but I got really exceptional at the game and became one of the highest-rated players for my age group in chess in the whole country when I was only 10. Because of my talent in chess, I decided to keep at it and gradually became better at the game while remaining one of the country's highest-rated players for my age while growing up. I eventually reached a 2000+ USCF rating by my late teens. Although I stopped playing competitively when I entered college as a freshman, I still play it on an occasion.



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24 Jan 2011, 10:26 pm

I stink. I seem to have difficulty planning ahead in general.