LOL:) rather LARGE headaches are never welcome!

Satlabaat?

have you considered an english version of your paper?

say what?

Knights in White
Run wild and free..
the warm summer breeze..
Take all of me now..
then leave with a bow!!..

The sudden life forces..
they tremble within..
Urges of desire..
Known only as Sin..

Capture the essence..
Of romance yet young..
give to me my pentance..
and take of me my tongue..

For desires deep inside..
lure to me your call..
Awaken passions fury..
til then.. when it's Fall..
Cathryn Higgs
Copyright ©2003 Cathryn Ann Higgs

I have answered below, no it is only in the German langauge

It's a couple of years since I visited IYT so your reference was beyond me.

you do not understand me either ?
your headaches post is actually none different. ~*~

Good one. Do you like the Twa Corbies?

I saw your answer below....thats why I asked if you had "considered" an english version

I see you have a better %age at this game than the Grand Prix himself, perhaps he would find a challenge from you a worthy one?

I realize that Dano....but this crap gets old,and the main reason I dont play at IYT.This is the "gothic chess board" not the lets smear people with the past board.
If lonely people want to claim their something their not,in an attempt to draw potential playmates....they should do it somewhere else.

I offended you..

I was remaining quiet though... til I noticed someones attitude a bit earlier today.. and as a child I acted to pester him..

I shall flirt up somewhere else..

Ta ta!!

~BTW~ I am finishing up my first tourney game in Gothic Chess.. and it is proven now, I should have had more practice! LOL

lol, the percentage says nothing, I am pretty poor in this game and couldnt stand a chance against Mr.Trice. Anyway to avoid all computer help I chose backgammon lately :P When I am in a mood to play chess or some similar well-analyzed games with lots of possible engines to help I usually choose some really fast games (1-5 minutes per side) on some online servers or some otb competition.
I think there are some worthy opponents for E.T. (not the famous movie ;) ) like Caissus, ChessCarpenter here and its only a question of time to see his first loss here, of course in case he will continue to play here further despite his promises...

I must be dense..

What is a Twa Corbie?

Thanks. I've never had any cause to suspect any of my opponents on this site of playing by any means beyond their own talent.

Twa Corbies is an anonymously penned poem/song from Scotland. It's easy to find with Google.

I shall have to lookie it up!

~BTW~ I am finishing up my first tourney game in Gothic Chess.. and it is proven now, I should have had more practice! LOL

some people living in the past come here only to disturb, as visible ... ~*~

Do think upon that night before,
After which shone then, something more,
Now and again, a difference in time,
Oscillates to and fro, from side to side,
Same as before, but different, too,
Comes now north by northeast,
Having a different hue.
Each time around, the cold orb shines,
Killing the cycles, and dreams of mine,
I look up, closed eyes upon it,
Staring at the sky, dark and backlit,
Asking questions, still and deep,
But promises are ending
Unspoken, not for keeps.
Today again gone,
Tomorrow, too soon,
How chilling the reality,
Each night and noon,
Another notch down,
Down sinks the moon.

now really - hollow spam should be easy to recognize, intervention appreciated ~*~

I prefer the first myself. Incisive, to the point and balanced.

gothic heritage. ~*~

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

But he wont accept a challenge harley

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

My bet is 18 moves.

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

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

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!

wow, called it spot on.. nice..

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

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

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

Ethori was also #1 once, briefly.

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

yon steed is the chancellor

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

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

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

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.

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

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"?

yes 2 minutes per game

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

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