1971:- born, 1976:- learn chess mainly from book, 1978:- win first serious game against another child, 1980:- start playing loads of games vs a strong kid and win most, without any knowledge of the game but a great sense of tactics, 1981:- think i beat Korchnoi one on one, 1983:- beat sargon ii computer program on vic 20 home computer, 1988 beat colossus X and chessmaster 2000 a load of times on the amiga home computer, 1990:- go to a chess club for the first time and start learning theory, 1991:- beat a 1800 bcf player in one of first games at club, 1991:- go to first proper tournament and lose all the games and pull out, 1992:- in third tournament come joint 3rd with 3.5/5,1995:- finish 3rd with 3.5/5 in a top regional tournament, 1996:- finish 2nd in my county championships also with 3.5/5, 1997:- join the kasparov chess web server and beat a number of grandmasters and get a rating of 2350 on there, 2000:- join the internet chess club and beat loads of grandmasters and also have a rating of 2350 but mainly playing 15 0 games, 2001:-beat nigel short 11-1 in a match on the ICC using mainly the bongcloud, 2002:- get a series of wins vs Mephisto Master a 2300 Fide dedicated chessboard computer, 2003:- stop playing serious chess, 2007:- lose badly against Vishy Anand in a simul on my return to chess, 2010:- play Nigel Short in a simul and only lose a pawn after 44 moves, 2012:- get a draw against arron summerscale grandmaster in a simul, 2012-2016:- get a number of draws in serious matches vs 2150 ecf level players, 2014::- enter the isle of man masters but finish near last, 2014:- enter the london classic superrapidplay and finish mid table of about 500 players with 4/10(note many grandmasters entered and top 10 players in world), 2016:- get a draw vs sarah hegarty (British ladies champion at the time) in a simul, 2020:- finish joint 2nd in a under 1700 elo section tournament with 4/5, 2023:- enter the 4ncl league otb for first time and get 50% score on board 2 of the 4th division.
Expand on this please:
“1981:- think i beat Korchnoi one on one”
“1981:- think i beat Korchnoi one on one”
@DrHotBunz said in #2:
> Expand on this please:
>
> “1981:- think i beat Korchnoi one on one”
in 1981 i went to my school chess lesson and my chess teacher said i want to play you, i said right and got a board out and she said no over here and refused to play me on a side table instead beconing me to a board in the middle of the room set up(possibly for a camera). I could hear voices coming from two ear pieces she unusually had in(she was young so had no reason for hearing aides), and when we played she made a move just after a voice said something. After i beat her with a 9 move 17 ply combination she resigned and said bloody hell you just beat korchnoi one on one, it was a 45 0 we had clocks. I thought she was just joking and thought nothing of it at the time but that very night on the news i saw that nigel short had just drawn against korchnoi in a simul and it was big news and when i discovered that korchnoi had toured schools in 1981 playing 9 yo i was 9 yo at the time of the event so it got me thinking-did i really beat Korchnoi like the teacher said?
> Expand on this please:
>
> “1981:- think i beat Korchnoi one on one”
in 1981 i went to my school chess lesson and my chess teacher said i want to play you, i said right and got a board out and she said no over here and refused to play me on a side table instead beconing me to a board in the middle of the room set up(possibly for a camera). I could hear voices coming from two ear pieces she unusually had in(she was young so had no reason for hearing aides), and when we played she made a move just after a voice said something. After i beat her with a 9 move 17 ply combination she resigned and said bloody hell you just beat korchnoi one on one, it was a 45 0 we had clocks. I thought she was just joking and thought nothing of it at the time but that very night on the news i saw that nigel short had just drawn against korchnoi in a simul and it was big news and when i discovered that korchnoi had toured schools in 1981 playing 9 yo i was 9 yo at the time of the event so it got me thinking-did i really beat Korchnoi like the teacher said?
@ALWynJones said in #1:
> , 2001:-beat nigel short 11-1 in a match on the ICC using mainly the bongcloud,
Poor Nigel.
"We're only making plans, for Nigel. We only want what's best for him."
Maybe someone should have helped Nigel make plans, so that he wouldn't come up short. See what I did there? ;)
> , 2001:-beat nigel short 11-1 in a match on the ICC using mainly the bongcloud,
Poor Nigel.
"We're only making plans, for Nigel. We only want what's best for him."
Maybe someone should have helped Nigel make plans, so that he wouldn't come up short. See what I did there? ;)
i must said while my performances have on paper been poor since my return to chess in 2007 ie my fide is only 1489 elo and ecf is only 1616 but the players i play against mostly have assistance and ae underated by a factor of 2 ie 1500 are 3000 rated computers. For some reason i am banned from playing humans in proper human vs human play.
@ALWynJones said in #5:
> i must said while my performances have on paper been poor since my return to chess in 2007 ie my fide is only 1489 elo and ecf is only 1616 but the players i play against mostly have assistance and ae underated by a factor of 2 ie 1500 are 3000 rated computers. For some reason i am banned from playing humans in proper human vs human play.
Why do you think FIDE banned you from human vs human play?
> i must said while my performances have on paper been poor since my return to chess in 2007 ie my fide is only 1489 elo and ecf is only 1616 but the players i play against mostly have assistance and ae underated by a factor of 2 ie 1500 are 3000 rated computers. For some reason i am banned from playing humans in proper human vs human play.
Why do you think FIDE banned you from human vs human play?
maybe because they suspected i was using some kind of assistance
My chess career, started playing online in about 2010 I think as an alternative to 1c/2c poker. I loved poker, and it was hours of entertainment for only a $100/year in loses, but was always concerned about developing a gambling addiction.
after a random youtube video appeared on my timeline of GM dlugy playing against trickymate, I thought I would give chess a go. I really liked watching dlugy play and was sad about the controversy some years later.
I found out chess was hard, and not as fun as poker, but, was a suitable alternative.
my proudest achievement is I've never lost a game of chess against a grandmaster or a super grandmaster or even the world's number 1.
after a random youtube video appeared on my timeline of GM dlugy playing against trickymate, I thought I would give chess a go. I really liked watching dlugy play and was sad about the controversy some years later.
I found out chess was hard, and not as fun as poker, but, was a suitable alternative.
my proudest achievement is I've never lost a game of chess against a grandmaster or a super grandmaster or even the world's number 1.
@Le_Patzer83 said in #4:
> Poor Nigel.
>
> "We're only making plans, for Nigel. We only want what's best for him."
>
> Maybe someone should have helped Nigel make plans, so that he wouldn't come up short. See what I did there? ;)
i in no way want to have a go at nigel or am i trying to embarress him. He is a strong chess player and id liken it to the 6-0 drubbing of petrosian by fischer in respect to petrosian being a strong player although that was a much higher achievement of course by fischer, than mine.
> Poor Nigel.
>
> "We're only making plans, for Nigel. We only want what's best for him."
>
> Maybe someone should have helped Nigel make plans, so that he wouldn't come up short. See what I did there? ;)
i in no way want to have a go at nigel or am i trying to embarress him. He is a strong chess player and id liken it to the 6-0 drubbing of petrosian by fischer in respect to petrosian being a strong player although that was a much higher achievement of course by fischer, than mine.
@h2b2 said in #8:
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> my proudest achievement is I've never lost a game of chess against a grandmaster or a super grandmaster or even the world's number 1.
i take it youve never played a grandmaster super grandmaster or world no 1
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> my proudest achievement is I've never lost a game of chess against a grandmaster or a super grandmaster or even the world's number 1.
i take it youve never played a grandmaster super grandmaster or world no 1
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