ICC Nicknames...... "Turbosnake"

[Ken MacDonald]

Is this player Alexandre Lesiege?

[Brian Profit]

Re: ICC Nicknames...... "Turbosnake"

If you go to the ICC website, chessclub.com, and look up turbosnake, his finger notes say he is indeed LeSiege.
Brian

[Ken MacDonald]

ICC Nicknames...... "Turbosnake"

The reason I asked this seemingly dumb question was that I saw him playing last night. I often ask for a player's information ("finger turbosnake"). Usually, those who want to give their name have a "name:" line, but he has his name elsewhere in his general information in line # 1. Thus, while it looked like him (French language used also), his name was not where most players place it.
Looking at his rating, it shows he is concentrating more on his poker than chess these days.

Thanks for the response.

[Keith MacKinnon]

Re: ICC Nicknames...... "Turbosnake"

I don't understand what you mean by

Looking at his rating, it shows he is concentrating more on his poker than chess these days.

As you can see at this link, his blitz rating is 2800+. Sure it's not the highest rating for a GM, but it's not even 150 points below his highest, which he achieved in 2002, when he was concentrating on chess. http://www.chessclub.com/activities/...dle=turbosnake

[Ken MacDonald]

Rating for "Turbosnake" on ICC

I didn't see that but last night he must have been playing one of the other brands which show ratings today of: 2307; 1959; 2194.

[Keith MacKinnon]

Re: ICC Nicknames...... "Turbosnake"

The rating 2307 is a bullet rating and it is only based on 17 games, not enough to truly demonstrate playing ability. On ICC, 1 minute ratings are very low, and that explains his 2194 1-minute. The only low rating is the 5-minute rating, where you are paired automatically and you can't choose your opponents. This rating is also based on a small number of games though.

[Ken MacDonald]

You win!

His 3 low ratings can be explained away and only his high rating should count.

[Keith MacKinnon]

Re: ICC Nicknames...... "Turbosnake"

On ICC, most people would agree that it's the blitz rating that counts. That is the one that he has played hundreds of games on.