where knowing a person's true name is dangerous.

and the world will be better, for sure ...
too many dead hamsters in spinning wheels, yano ~*~

LMAO

perhaps you prefer to be called "Richard Cranium" ? LOL:)

well, take Danoschek for example. His name is Johan Buttox and you don't see any of us calling him by his Anglo equiavlent name, Jack Ass.

i referred to you as GI until you relocated to Vanuatu...

...the very first page of this DB:


Felix (1486) Personal to GothicChessPro 21. March 2003, 19:51:22
Dear Mr. Edward Trice,

I remember it starting around the time you switched to ...Inventor, from whatever else it was. But that has been awhile, so you would know better than I do.

it has been going on long before my name change.

Well if a user changes their username often, it is sometimes easier to use a common name like thier last name.

its funny how some players are referred to by the BrainKing name and others by their last name. Hmmmm.

but i meant large sample size against different players, not just playing against the same player...that shows a wider skill base. I know of some false accounts of BK that were created to get to the top precisely by that method of playing against the top guys in their first games.

If I had played all my games of loop and gothic against ughaibu and Trice respectively I expect my winning percentages would be lower, without my skill being reduced.

As it happens, my games of 3 checks chess against ughaibu seem to have given me a high rating despite my losing both.

Builder, thanks, I didn't notice that! No wonder. If you don't see how win %ages reveal skill, you need look no further than loop and gothic, seeing the top two players. A win % from a large sample size such as ughaibu and Ed Trice tell me much more than prov ratings based on 4-6 games...sure, the provs may be as good or better, but they haven't really proven it. Statistically it's much easier to get a high rating on BK from a small amount of games.

Bwildman, you can download a testversion (30 days) on www.playchess.com and look there.
It is very interesting if you have never seen such fast games before.!

Redsales: If you're refering to your games in the "For the honest,and friendly,not cheating. (Atomic Chess)" tournament, observe its description: "Unrated games (no BKR will be affected by this tournament): yes"

Let's not confuse unrated games with the real problems with the rating system. :) And I don't see how simple win percentages reveal much about a player's skill.

after a couple of wins I'm sure the game evens itself out :)

we play 2 minute games at Doylestown for beers :) if you do good you can get a free 6-pack in no time :)

you said it - training the blitz-castling is recommended then. ~*~

so the total game ..from start to finish...is 5 to 1 minutes long?

and the opponent has to notice himself
all offered help from 3rd sides is a cheat as always.
we used to value it as draw if both times are run out when it's noticed. ~*~

what happens if theres no checkmate?

is first two games in 5 mins, then two 4 mins per game,
and so on down to one min per game - already the sound is frightening :P ~*~

no way...are you serious?? 1 minute per game? surely you mean per move?

But he plays mostly 1 minute per game.You must have fast fingers and good mouse and strong nerves.:)
I have considered to ask him for a simultan here in "Gothic"...

per game,huh? it would be tough at 2 minutes per move.

yes 2 minutes per game

On "playchess.com" I have seen grandmaster Roland Schmaltz alias "Hawkeye", who lives in my neighbourhood with a "bullet"-rating of more than 3000!Do you know "bullet"?

I think you'll find that 2700 is the present ceiling for ratings.

well, if my chess rating goes up 60 more points, I will be ineligible for tournaments since they usually contain the constraint less than or = 2700 when the rating range is specified.

But surely the rating system here is not the rating system everywhere else, its the BK rating system, and is to reflect the players on BK against each other, not against other systems

Okay Chancellor.. Thanks.. I will put that in my notes.. grabbing my sticky notes now..

Gawd!! what would I do without these things.. hehe..

yon steed is the chancellor

ethori is a fake account. Also, the ratings here are just wrong but I can accept it. In atomic I beat a 1750 player and lost to a 1988 player when I was rated 1905. Result? ZERO change..in either game. Maybe I'll be 1905 forever. I think the records show the strength best. Ughaibu has lost thrice in over 250 games of tablut, that's unheard of...and Trice hasn't lost. That says a lot more than the ratings.

You all take the ratings so seriously..

Heck.. I play to play.. it calms me down.. and I get to meet some very interesting peeps..

BTW ~ What is the name of that new little horsie dude with the cute toosh?

Pocket-Monkey, another game site, mentions the following: "Elo ratings are not absolute, they are relative, and they're only applicable within a body of players." So I do not expect USCF and Bk ratings to match.

However, I agree there are other problems with the ratings, like draws not counting for enough, and a player's first few games being over-emphasized.

Who ever said a 2600 BK rating here is equivalent to a 2600 chess rating? It's not and is not meant to be.

I still think the rating system on here is not correct. I got a draw with Chess Carpenter and there was no change in rating points. That never happens.

And look at Descenter. He was near 2100 when I was about 2200, and he made a losing move on move 5 of our game. There is no 2100 player that I know of that would play so badly, so this system has ratings that are at least 300 points too high, maybe even more.

Another thing is that all of the "early" players were thrown into a pit together. We were all rated 1300, and it took forever just to claw our way to 1600. Now someobody comes on board and beats an overrated 1900 player and they are instantly at 2300.

Does not seem to reflect the way the "real rating" system works.

My overrated chess rating is the perfect example. For 12 years I never broke 2300 in United States Chess Federation play after having made master at age 19. On here, I play for one week, and 2641 sits next to my name.

I really don't think there is much weight to the system, as it is implemented on here.

Ethori was also #1 once, briefly.

let's see what his rating is after another 100 games. My chess rating is 2641, do you think that is accurate?

I see that "Nellaf" is the #1 ranked Gothic Chess player and not Ed.
That surprised me.

It would have been more impressive if he had said that before the game was over.

wow, called it spot on.. nice..

I didn't! We only started playing an hour? or so ago - and he got me in 18 moves! Shame on me!
But on the bright side, my rating didn't go down! Ha ha!

I'll bet I can last that long against anyone. ;-)

Hey Trice, why you change your name? AND remove your posts? i guess didnt want to be seen to have refused a game

My bet is 18 moves.

I'm hardly a challenge! ROFL! His rating is more than double mine! I think he almost has me anyway...

But he wont accept a challenge harley

How many moves do you think I can survive against Ed?! I'm taking bets now! LOL! (No money bets!)