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In the under 2100 congrats to Rebecca Giblon who tied for first with Yinshi Li (her only loss), ahead of Zehn Nasir. A year ago she was 1600s, now she going over 2000!
Yes, congrats to Rebecca, knocking off Bill Evans and Daniel Wiebe in fine fashion in the final two rounds!
I'm just wondering how she got paired with the 3 of the section's 6 1700's
I faced one 2000, 3 1900's, and 2 1800's and I was in the point bracket below...
Yes, congrats to Rebecca, knocking off Bill Evans and Daniel Wiebe in fine fashion in the final two rounds!
I'm just wondering how she got paired with the 3 of the section's 6 1700's
I faced one 2000, 3 1900's, and 2 1800's and I was in the point bracket below...
Passive-aggressive? If you really meant to congratulate her, wouldn't it be nicer to just do so and then leave it at that? When you lose a game, I'll bet you're one of these people who say, "Congratulations but you were lucky."
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
I think only in Toronto you can find tournament with prize fund almost 5000 CAD which is
- not FIDE-rated
- no sets and clocks provided
- no pre-reg list and no results
It's not a coincidence that this event attracted just 1 Canadian IM, only 9 players above 2100 CFC. Average rating of the Open section was very low for this kind of tournament.
Thank you, Egis.
So instead "not FIDE-rated" it was better to use "not advertised as FIDE-rated".
BTW, why this tournament was not advertised as FIDE-rated?
Thank you, Egis.
So instead "not FIDE-rated" it was better to use "not advertised as FIDE-rated".
BTW, why this tournament was not advertised as FIDE-rated?
I'll leave that to Bryan or those who registered a tournament to answer
When a player drops a queen in the middle of the game what do you call it? LOL
I call that chess. The vast majority of chessplayers win games not because they played well, but because they played less badly than their opponents. But in any event, EZ, I think you missed my point. A player who loses a game and is incapable of politely congratulating his opponent without making pathetic excuses is probably not worthy of admiration.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
Thank you, Egis.
So instead "not FIDE-rated" it was better to use "not advertised as FIDE-rated".
BTW, why this tournament was not advertised as FIDE-rated?
My guess would be that this was not something that was planned far in advance. Bryan was bailing out the OCA and GTCL with a hastily organized tournament which was not something that he was expecting to do a few weeks before he decided that he would do it. As in all hastily arranged things some items fall into the cracks but we should thank Bryan Lamb for once more jumping into the breach for all of us chessplayers.
Passive-aggressive? If you really meant to congratulate her, wouldn't it be nicer to just do so and then leave it at that? When you lose a game, I'll bet you're one of these people who say, "Congratulations but you were lucky."
Oh I get it. As a 1700 player yourself you took offense about my wondering how Rebecca got 3 pairings against 1700 players if she was on the upper boards. I wasn't insulting said 1700 players, just pointing out they were the lowest rated in our section and thus desirable opponents from a statistical point of view. It's all a matter of perspective. As Fischer once commented about playing 2300 ''weakies'', back when there weren't nearly as many 2300's I might add.
How did you know I'm one of these people who say ''Congratulations but you were lucky''. I also tell my opponents when I win ''It's all skill''. And when I lose and they say ''Good game'' I snap back with ''It was a good game for you not for me''. I bet you're a psychotherapist, you seem to know me so well from my comments. I think I need to see one to find out how to deal with people that have nothing better to do but troll on chesstalk.
Oh I get it. As a 1700 player yourself you took offense about my wondering how Rebecca got 3 pairings against 1700 players if she was on the upper boards. I wasn't insulting said 1700 players, just pointing out they were the lowest rated in our section and thus desirable opponents from a statistical point of view. It's all a matter of perspective. As Fischer once commented about playing 2300 ''weakies'', back when there weren't nearly as many 2300's I might add.
I was only in a position to play 1700s because they were performing well in the tournament. I'd rather play a 2000 (perf. 1800) with 2/4 than a 1700 (perf. 1900) with 3/4 any day.
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