NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

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Date: 26 Nov 2006 20:25:22
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

I post this so that those who claim I am rated much lower know that I have
stated otherwise (useful in a lawsiut if anyone insists on lying).

Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest groups
of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated). My
"valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical rating
pushing 1900 now.

This is an improvement of 425 points over the first peak I established in
ch 2004, and an improvement of almost 200 points over my ch 2005 peak,
for an avergae rating improvement of about 180 points a year, a rate which
has been consistent almost since the day I started playing online. I now
routinely hold my own in the opening against GMs, and get better openings
against almost everyone else (no time pressure when players are just
rattling off book moves).

My current training regimen reflects the only time in my life that I am
"studying" the middlegame and endgame. I do this by *not* developing my
opening repertoire, but rather by consolidating it. This is because I want
my openings book that I publish to be a snapshot of my repertoire at one
point in time so that I could finish it without perpetually having to edit
it. To accomplish this, I am playing the openings entirely from memory and
not looking up the correct move if there's a problem in my book. This
forces any rating improvements to come from middlegame and endgame play, and
I've gotten much sharper in those areas. Once I'm done with the book, I'll
likely go back to the "frontloading" strategy that I had been using.
Another thing this does is test my knowledge of my existing repertoire, and
I'm becoming more familiar with where I truly hit the wall in each line.

This milestone was important because I would have quit training had I not
reached it in time. The next milestone isn't for another six months to a
year, so I likely won't be updating my progress before then.

Regarding the games I publish, those are usually games that don't involve my
regular repretoire, so they are not representative of what I'm playing when
I train or what I will play OTB. Usually I publish what I find amusing or
visually interesting.

If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of getting
a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an under-2400 prize is
no longer out of reach.

Now hopefully my body will hold up for another six years, though I could
easily get distracted and retire at any time, but not likely before I
publish what I hope will be a comprehensive, single-volume, ECO-style
opening book that a player can use as a standalone training manual for this
most important part of the game.

Given the lack of accomplishment among America's top players, let's just say
beggars can't be choosers, and I seem to be the only player in America right
now with serious designs on a 2800 FIDE rating. The kids may get there, but
the ones from my generation, without exception, all quit, though at the time
USCF and their ilk were acting like we were poised to become dominant when
they became adults.

--
"Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick, Eastern
District of PA Judge
From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918

"appointment of counsel was unwarranted given Parker's abilities as a writer
and presenter of arguments"
From Page 6 of the ruling in Parker v. University of Pennsylvania, #04-3688,
Third Circuit Court Of Appeals.

Date: 01 Dec 2006 04:27:07
From: ben carr
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Congradulations Ray!!! You are officially the "tallest midget" of chess.
Is your insecurity so bad that you need to 'brag" all of the time about
how lucky, I mean good. you are a one minute chess? If you stop playing
one minute online games and got a real rating by plaing slow, over the
board games then people wouldnt think youre such a pathetic joke. Oh
yeh, one more thing. I never got sued for the slanderous comments I mad
months ago, so stop lieing to people to make yourself feel better. You
wont sue anyone and we all know it.

Date: 01 Dec 2006 12:27:10
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

ben carr <[email protected] > wrote:
> Is your insecurity so bad that you need to 'brag" all of the time
> about how lucky, I mean good. you are a one minute chess?

Oh, there's certainly a lot of skill involved in one-minute chess: one
can't attribute Ray's rating to luck alone. The problem is, though,
that the skill required to play one-minute chess is rather different
from the skill required to play classical chess.

To use the sort of analogy that Ray himself loves, it would be wrong
to claim that sprinting is all luck. To use the sort of analogy that
Ray hates, it would also be wrong to expect somebody who can run 100m
in 10s to run a athon in an hour and ten minutes or even to expect
somebody who can run 100m within 10% of world-record pace to run a
athon within 10% of world-record pace.

Dave.

--
David Richerby Electronic Chocolate Sword (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a razor-sharp blade that's made
of chocolate but it uses electricity!

Date: 30 Nov 2006 21:33:37
From: Matt Nemmers
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

David Richerby wrote:
> [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> > David Richerby wrote:
> >> One should, however, trim the quoted text so that readers don't
> >> have to scroll through a hundred and ten lines of irrelevance to
> >> get to your point.
> >
> > The fact that you counted them makes them relavent...
>
> Actually, I used my l33t arithmetic skillz and my text-editor's line
> number display. Could you trim the quoted text, please?

A truly l33t h4x0r would've said "'rithmatic.'"

L8r, h8r.

Date: 30 Nov 2006 12:22:44
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

David Richerby wrote:
> [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> > David Richerby wrote:
> >> One should, however, trim the quoted text so that readers don't
> >> have to scroll through a hundred and ten lines of irrelevance to
> >> get to your point.
> >
> > The fact that you counted them makes them relavent...
>
> Actually, I used my l33t arithmetic skillz and my text-editor's line
> number display. Could you trim the quoted text, please?
>
>
> Dave.
>
> --
> David Richerby Artificial Painting (TM): it's like
> www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a Renaissance masterpiece that's made
> of plastic!

Unintentional.

God, I hate being pulled over by the Usenet Police...

Date: 30 Nov 2006 06:42:08
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

David Richerby wrote:
> [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Terry wrote:
> >> [Snip 110 lines of irrelevant quoted text]
> >> I am not going to help you sue an imbecile.
> >
> > You're right, Terry. I apologize.
> >
> > One should not pick on the mentally challenged.
>
> One should, however, trim the quoted text so that readers don't have
> to scroll through a hundred and ten lines of irrelevance to get to
> your point.
>
>
> Dave.
>
> --
> David Richerby Disposable Sumerian Car (TM): it's
> www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a high-performance luxury car
> that's really old but you never have
> to clean it!

The fact that you counted them makes them relavent...

Date: 30 Nov 2006 15:22:21
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

[email protected] <[email protected] > wrote:
> David Richerby wrote:
>> One should, however, trim the quoted text so that readers don't
>> have to scroll through a hundred and ten lines of irrelevance to
>> get to your point.
>
> The fact that you counted them makes them relavent...

Actually, I used my l33t arithmetic skillz and my text-editor's line
number display. Could you trim the quoted text, please?

Dave.

--
David Richerby Artificial Painting (TM): it's like
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a Renaissance masterpiece that's made
of plastic!

Date: 30 Nov 2006 06:39:07
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
> >>My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough
> >>games
> >>yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
> >>hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
> >>unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.
> >
> > You're saying your blitz (I'm assuming you mean five minutes per side)
> > rating is 2700 ?
>
> Three minutes per side, and yes, it's around 2700 provisional (2450 on the
> normal Elo scale since the servers don't half K after 2200). I played in a
> cash tournament and went 2-1 before pulling out.
>
> My slow strength is probably 2150-2200 around this point if I had to guess.
>
>
> --
> Money is not "game."
> Looks are not "game."
> Social status or value is not "game."
> Those are the things that game makes unnecessary.
>
> A seduction guru who teaches you that looks, money or status is game is not
> teaching you "game," but how to be an AFC. He uses his students' money to
> get women and laughs that "AFCs pay my rent."

RayWorld - Where Fantasy Precedes Reality.

Date: 30 Nov 2006 05:57:47
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Terry wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > Terry wrote:
> >> "Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot"" <[email protected]> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> >I post this so that those who claim I am rated much lower know that I
> >> >have
> >> >stated otherwise (useful in a lawsiut if anyone insists on lying).
> >> >
> >> > Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
> >> > groups of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower
> >> > rated).
> >> > My "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical
> >> > rating pushing 1900 now.
> >> >
> >> > This is an improvement of 425 points over the first peak I established
> >> > in
> >> > ch 2004, and an improvement of almost 200 points over my ch 2005
> >> > peak, for an avergae rating improvement of about 180 points a year, a
> >> > rate
> >> > which has been consistent almost since the day I started playing
> >> > online.
> >> > I now routinely hold my own in the opening against GMs, and get better
> >> > openings against almost everyone else (no time pressure when players
> >> > are
> >> > just rattling off book moves).
> >> >
> >> > My current training regimen reflects the only time in my life that I am
> >> > "studying" the middlegame and endgame. I do this by *not* developing
> >> > my
> >> > opening repertoire, but rather by consolidating it. This is because I
> >> > want my openings book that I publish to be a snapshot of my repertoire
> >> > at
> >> > one point in time so that I could finish it without perpetually having
> >> > to
> >> > edit it. To accomplish this, I am playing the openings entirely from
> >> > memory and not looking up the correct move if there's a problem in my
> >> > book. This forces any rating improvements to come from middlegame and
> >> > endgame play, and I've gotten much sharper in those areas. Once I'm
> >> > done
> >> > with the book, I'll likely go back to the "frontloading" strategy that
> >> > I
> >> > had been using. Another thing this does is test my knowledge of my
> >> > existing repertoire, and I'm becoming more familiar with where I truly
> >> > hit
> >> > the wall in each line.
> >> >
> >> > This milestone was important because I would have quit training had I
> >> > not
> >> > reached it in time. The next milestone isn't for another six months to
> >> > a
> >> > year, so I likely won't be updating my progress before then.
> >> >
> >> > Regarding the games I publish, those are usually games that don't
> >> > involve
> >> > my regular repretoire, so they are not representative of what I'm
> >> > playing
> >> > when I train or what I will play OTB. Usually I publish what I find
> >> > amusing or visually interesting.
> >> >
> >> > If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now,
> >> > I
> >> > should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which
> >> > has
> >> > been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
> >> > getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
> >> > under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
> >> >
> >> > Now hopefully my body will hold up for another six years, though I
> >> > could
> >> > easily get distracted and retire at any time, but not likely before I
> >> > publish what I hope will be a comprehensive, single-volume, ECO-style
> >> > opening book that a player can use as a standalone training manual for
> >> > this most important part of the game.
> >> >
> >> > Given the lack of accomplishment among America's top players, let's
> >> > just
> >> > say beggars can't be choosers, and I seem to be the only player in
> >> > America
> >> > right now with serious designs on a 2800 FIDE rating. The kids may get
> >> > there, but the ones from my generation, without exception, all quit,
> >> > though at the time USCF and their ilk were acting like we were poised
> >> > to
> >> > become dominant when they became adults.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > "Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick,
> >> > Eastern District of PA Judge
> >> > From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918
> >> >
> >> > "appointment of counsel was unwarranted given Parker's abilities as a
> >> > writer and presenter of arguments"
> >> > From Page 6 of the ruling in Parker v. University of Pennsylvania,
> >> > #04-3688, Third Circuit Court Of Appeals.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> What load of old bollocks !!!!
> >>
> >> An old chessplayer rated at 1500 icc is now going to reach 2800. :LOL
> >>
> >> Regards
> >
> > Anyone know Ray's ICC handle? I'm thinking of filing a suit asgainst
> > him and need to do research in ICC's databases. I have some friends on
> > the inside there....
> >
>
> I am not going to help you sue an imbecile.
>
> Regards

You're right, Terry. I apologize.

One should not pick on the mentally challenged.

Date: 30 Nov 2006 14:30:42
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

[email protected] <[email protected] > wrote:
>Terry wrote:
>> [Snip 110 lines of irrelevant quoted text]
>> I am not going to help you sue an imbecile.
>
> You're right, Terry. I apologize.
>
> One should not pick on the mentally challenged.

One should, however, trim the quoted text so that readers don't have
to scroll through a hundred and ten lines of irrelevance to get to
your point.

Dave.

--
David Richerby Disposable Sumerian Car (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a high-performance luxury car
that's really old but you never have
to clean it!

Date: 30 Nov 2006 05:45:29
From:
Subject: NEWS: Rufus Hits New Rating Peak (over 1100)

I spend nearly an hour a week practicing (i.e. one game)

The rest of my time is spent doing things Parker can only dream of.

So let Gordon be the king of premature checkulation.

Date: 29 Nov 2006 06:27:55
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Terry wrote:
> "Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot"" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I post this so that those who claim I am rated much lower know that I have
> >stated otherwise (useful in a lawsiut if anyone insists on lying).
> >
> > Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
> > groups of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated).
> > My "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical
> > rating pushing 1900 now.
> >
> > This is an improvement of 425 points over the first peak I established in
> > ch 2004, and an improvement of almost 200 points over my ch 2005
> > peak, for an avergae rating improvement of about 180 points a year, a rate
> > which has been consistent almost since the day I started playing online.
> > I now routinely hold my own in the opening against GMs, and get better
> > openings against almost everyone else (no time pressure when players are
> > just rattling off book moves).
> >
> > My current training regimen reflects the only time in my life that I am
> > "studying" the middlegame and endgame. I do this by *not* developing my
> > opening repertoire, but rather by consolidating it. This is because I
> > want my openings book that I publish to be a snapshot of my repertoire at
> > one point in time so that I could finish it without perpetually having to
> > edit it. To accomplish this, I am playing the openings entirely from
> > memory and not looking up the correct move if there's a problem in my
> > book. This forces any rating improvements to come from middlegame and
> > endgame play, and I've gotten much sharper in those areas. Once I'm done
> > with the book, I'll likely go back to the "frontloading" strategy that I
> > had been using. Another thing this does is test my knowledge of my
> > existing repertoire, and I'm becoming more familiar with where I truly hit
> > the wall in each line.
> >
> > This milestone was important because I would have quit training had I not
> > reached it in time. The next milestone isn't for another six months to a
> > year, so I likely won't be updating my progress before then.
> >
> > Regarding the games I publish, those are usually games that don't involve
> > my regular repretoire, so they are not representative of what I'm playing
> > when I train or what I will play OTB. Usually I publish what I find
> > amusing or visually interesting.
> >
> > If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
> > should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
> > been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
> > getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
> > under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
> >
> > Now hopefully my body will hold up for another six years, though I could
> > easily get distracted and retire at any time, but not likely before I
> > publish what I hope will be a comprehensive, single-volume, ECO-style
> > opening book that a player can use as a standalone training manual for
> > this most important part of the game.
> >
> > Given the lack of accomplishment among America's top players, let's just
> > say beggars can't be choosers, and I seem to be the only player in America
> > right now with serious designs on a 2800 FIDE rating. The kids may get
> > there, but the ones from my generation, without exception, all quit,
> > though at the time USCF and their ilk were acting like we were poised to
> > become dominant when they became adults.
> >
> > --
> > "Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick,
> > Eastern District of PA Judge
> > From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918
> >
> > "appointment of counsel was unwarranted given Parker's abilities as a
> > writer and presenter of arguments"
> > From Page 6 of the ruling in Parker v. University of Pennsylvania,
> > #04-3688, Third Circuit Court Of Appeals.
> >
> >
>
> What load of old bollocks !!!!
>
> An old chessplayer rated at 1500 icc is now going to reach 2800. :LOL
>
> Regards

Anyone know Ray's ICC handle? I'm thinking of filing a suit asgainst
him and need to do research in ICC's databases. I have some friends on
the inside there....

Date: 29 Nov 2006 14:46:14
From: Terry
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

<[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Terry wrote:
>> "Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot"" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >I post this so that those who claim I am rated much lower know that I
>> >have
>> >stated otherwise (useful in a lawsiut if anyone insists on lying).
>> >
>> > Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
>> > groups of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower
>> > rated).
>> > My "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical
>> > rating pushing 1900 now.
>> >
>> > This is an improvement of 425 points over the first peak I established
>> > in
>> > ch 2004, and an improvement of almost 200 points over my ch 2005
>> > peak, for an avergae rating improvement of about 180 points a year, a
>> > rate
>> > which has been consistent almost since the day I started playing
>> > online.
>> > I now routinely hold my own in the opening against GMs, and get better
>> > openings against almost everyone else (no time pressure when players
>> > are
>> > just rattling off book moves).
>> >
>> > My current training regimen reflects the only time in my life that I am
>> > "studying" the middlegame and endgame. I do this by *not* developing
>> > my
>> > opening repertoire, but rather by consolidating it. This is because I
>> > want my openings book that I publish to be a snapshot of my repertoire
>> > at
>> > one point in time so that I could finish it without perpetually having
>> > to
>> > edit it. To accomplish this, I am playing the openings entirely from
>> > memory and not looking up the correct move if there's a problem in my
>> > book. This forces any rating improvements to come from middlegame and
>> > endgame play, and I've gotten much sharper in those areas. Once I'm
>> > done
>> > with the book, I'll likely go back to the "frontloading" strategy that
>> > I
>> > had been using. Another thing this does is test my knowledge of my
>> > existing repertoire, and I'm becoming more familiar with where I truly
>> > hit
>> > the wall in each line.
>> >
>> > This milestone was important because I would have quit training had I
>> > not
>> > reached it in time. The next milestone isn't for another six months to
>> > a
>> > year, so I likely won't be updating my progress before then.
>> >
>> > Regarding the games I publish, those are usually games that don't
>> > involve
>> > my regular repretoire, so they are not representative of what I'm
>> > playing
>> > when I train or what I will play OTB. Usually I publish what I find
>> > amusing or visually interesting.
>> >
>> > If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now,
>> > I
>> > should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which
>> > has
>> > been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
>> > getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
>> > under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
>> >
>> > Now hopefully my body will hold up for another six years, though I
>> > could
>> > easily get distracted and retire at any time, but not likely before I
>> > publish what I hope will be a comprehensive, single-volume, ECO-style
>> > opening book that a player can use as a standalone training manual for
>> > this most important part of the game.
>> >
>> > Given the lack of accomplishment among America's top players, let's
>> > just
>> > say beggars can't be choosers, and I seem to be the only player in
>> > America
>> > right now with serious designs on a 2800 FIDE rating. The kids may get
>> > there, but the ones from my generation, without exception, all quit,
>> > though at the time USCF and their ilk were acting like we were poised
>> > to
>> > become dominant when they became adults.
>> >
>> > --
>> > "Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick,
>> > Eastern District of PA Judge
>> > From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918
>> >
>> > "appointment of counsel was unwarranted given Parker's abilities as a
>> > writer and presenter of arguments"
>> > From Page 6 of the ruling in Parker v. University of Pennsylvania,
>> > #04-3688, Third Circuit Court Of Appeals.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What load of old bollocks !!!!
>>
>> An old chessplayer rated at 1500 icc is now going to reach 2800. :LOL
>>
>> Regards
>
> Anyone know Ray's ICC handle? I'm thinking of filing a suit asgainst
> him and need to do research in ICC's databases. I have some friends on
> the inside there....
>

I am not going to help you sue an imbecile.

Regards

Date: 29 Nov 2006 08:29:33
From: Terry
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

"Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot"" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I post this so that those who claim I am rated much lower know that I have
>stated otherwise (useful in a lawsiut if anyone insists on lying).
>
> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
> groups of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated).
> My "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical
> rating pushing 1900 now.
>
> This is an improvement of 425 points over the first peak I established in
> ch 2004, and an improvement of almost 200 points over my ch 2005
> peak, for an avergae rating improvement of about 180 points a year, a rate
> which has been consistent almost since the day I started playing online.
> I now routinely hold my own in the opening against GMs, and get better
> openings against almost everyone else (no time pressure when players are
> just rattling off book moves).
>
> My current training regimen reflects the only time in my life that I am
> "studying" the middlegame and endgame. I do this by *not* developing my
> opening repertoire, but rather by consolidating it. This is because I
> want my openings book that I publish to be a snapshot of my repertoire at
> one point in time so that I could finish it without perpetually having to
> edit it. To accomplish this, I am playing the openings entirely from
> memory and not looking up the correct move if there's a problem in my
> book. This forces any rating improvements to come from middlegame and
> endgame play, and I've gotten much sharper in those areas. Once I'm done
> with the book, I'll likely go back to the "frontloading" strategy that I
> had been using. Another thing this does is test my knowledge of my
> existing repertoire, and I'm becoming more familiar with where I truly hit
> the wall in each line.
>
> This milestone was important because I would have quit training had I not
> reached it in time. The next milestone isn't for another six months to a
> year, so I likely won't be updating my progress before then.
>
> Regarding the games I publish, those are usually games that don't involve
> my regular repretoire, so they are not representative of what I'm playing
> when I train or what I will play OTB. Usually I publish what I find
> amusing or visually interesting.
>
> If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
> should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
> been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
> getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
> under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
>
> Now hopefully my body will hold up for another six years, though I could
> easily get distracted and retire at any time, but not likely before I
> publish what I hope will be a comprehensive, single-volume, ECO-style
> opening book that a player can use as a standalone training manual for
> this most important part of the game.
>
> Given the lack of accomplishment among America's top players, let's just
> say beggars can't be choosers, and I seem to be the only player in America
> right now with serious designs on a 2800 FIDE rating. The kids may get
> there, but the ones from my generation, without exception, all quit,
> though at the time USCF and their ilk were acting like we were poised to
> become dominant when they became adults.
>
> --
> "Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick,
> Eastern District of PA Judge
> From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918
>
> "appointment of counsel was unwarranted given Parker's abilities as a
> writer and presenter of arguments"
> From Page 6 of the ruling in Parker v. University of Pennsylvania,
> #04-3688, Third Circuit Court Of Appeals.
>
>

What load of old bollocks !!!!

An old chessplayer rated at 1500 icc is now going to reach 2800. :LOL

Regards

Date: 27 Nov 2006 15:07:59
From:
Subject: Ray Gordon is not a Grandmaster

I bet Ray Gordon never makes a GM rating. Sam Sloan will just spend his
time watching Gordon's games and filing ethics complaints. This entire
discussion is an example of what total and utter failures Americans are
at chess. Americans argue about the "good old days of that racist Bobby
Fischer" and call black players "niggers" in Fischer's footsteps.

Gordon loves punishment. It gives him the frieds he does not have.

Gordon needs a lawsuit, a chess dispute, or other attention to make up
for what he has yet to achieve in life. All of his talent is wassted on
these childlike notions of fantsy.

Ray Gordon is not and never will be a GM, becasue he enjoys attention
from people, not playing good chess.

I think the odds are about 100 times more likely that Kirsan has me
killed than Gordon becoming a GM, or even achieving a rating.

cus Roberts

Kenneth Sloan wrote:
> Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
> >>> If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
> >>> should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
> >>> been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
> >>> getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
> >>> under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
> >>>
> >> Want to bet?
> >
> > At what odds?
> >
> > GM or FIDE 2600 (either) by age 45 is the bet.
> >
> > What odds would a linemaker set on that?
> >
> >
>
> Why are you trying to change the terms. You clearly said "grandmaster
> at or around age forty-five". All you need to do now is stipulate FIDE
> Grandmaster and tell us what you mean by "at or around". Is age 90 "at
> or around" age 45?
>
> --
> Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
> Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
> University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
> Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/

Date: 28 Nov 2006 07:05:42
From: pocobueno
Subject: Re: Ray Gordon is not a Grandmaster

yep

I find US involvement in anything requiring style, grace, beauty and
sophistication, oh and perception, intelligence and integrity, just fouls
the water...

a little like their fucking politics

they're dinosaurs waiting for the asteroid, and I ain't no muslim

Ray appears to be a prime example; he just cannot get the point...it's not
really his fault...he's just never held a chess piece and felt the intrinsic
beauty...

*burp*

I ain't a grandmaster...but I have

Date: 27 Nov 2006 19:28:59
From: pocobueno
Subject: Re: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

who gives a flying fuck

"Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot"" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I post this so that those who claim I am rated much lower know that I have
>stated otherwise (useful in a lawsiut if anyone insists on lying).
>
> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
> groups of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated).
> My "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical
> rating pushing 1900 now.
>
> This is an improvement of 425 points over the first peak I established in
> ch 2004, and an improvement of almost 200 points over my ch 2005
> peak, for an avergae rating improvement of about 180 points a year, a rate
> which has been consistent almost since the day I started playing online.
> I now routinely hold my own in the opening against GMs, and get better
> openings against almost everyone else (no time pressure when players are
> just rattling off book moves).
>
> My current training regimen reflects the only time in my life that I am
> "studying" the middlegame and endgame. I do this by *not* developing my
> opening repertoire, but rather by consolidating it. This is because I
> want my openings book that I publish to be a snapshot of my repertoire at
> one point in time so that I could finish it without perpetually having to
> edit it. To accomplish this, I am playing the openings entirely from
> memory and not looking up the correct move if there's a problem in my
> book. This forces any rating improvements to come from middlegame and
> endgame play, and I've gotten much sharper in those areas. Once I'm done
> with the book, I'll likely go back to the "frontloading" strategy that I
> had been using. Another thing this does is test my knowledge of my
> existing repertoire, and I'm becoming more familiar with where I truly hit
> the wall in each line.
>
> This milestone was important because I would have quit training had I not
> reached it in time. The next milestone isn't for another six months to a
> year, so I likely won't be updating my progress before then.
>
> Regarding the games I publish, those are usually games that don't involve
> my regular repretoire, so they are not representative of what I'm playing
> when I train or what I will play OTB. Usually I publish what I find
> amusing or visually interesting.
>
> If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
> should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
> been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
> getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
> under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
>
> Now hopefully my body will hold up for another six years, though I could
> easily get distracted and retire at any time, but not likely before I
> publish what I hope will be a comprehensive, single-volume, ECO-style
> opening book that a player can use as a standalone training manual for
> this most important part of the game.
>
> Given the lack of accomplishment among America's top players, let's just
> say beggars can't be choosers, and I seem to be the only player in America
> right now with serious designs on a 2800 FIDE rating. The kids may get
> there, but the ones from my generation, without exception, all quit,
> though at the time USCF and their ilk were acting like we were poised to
> become dominant when they became adults.
>
> --
> "Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick,
> Eastern District of PA Judge
> From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918
>
> "appointment of counsel was unwarranted given Parker's abilities as a
> writer and presenter of arguments"
> From Page 6 of the ruling in Parker v. University of Pennsylvania,
> #04-3688, Third Circuit Court Of Appeals.
>
>

Date: 27 Nov 2006 04:15:12
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
> >> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
> >> groups
> >> of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated). My
> >> "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical rating
> >> pushing 1900 now.
> >
> > Just to be clear, you're talking about a rating for 1-minute games,
> > right?
>
> Yep.
>
> My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough games
> yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
> hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
> unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.

Conveniently built-in excuse....

Great. You have established yourself as a mousetrap chess GM.
Congratulations, Ray. Such and accomplishment should be accompanied by
a fanfare of farts from a pig farm...

Talk about a useless milestone...my god.

And I want to announce my achieving of the GM title in the game DVONN.
I have managed to defeat a very strong field of lobsters from Maine.
You'd not think a lobster could play an abstract game such as DVONN,
but I have proven my worth by defeating them over the past 2 years,
achieving a GM rating. There were many IM's and GM's in the player pool
as well, so the legitimacy of my accomplishment cannot be understated.

ffffttt...fffftttt....fffttffftttttttttt.

Something stinks around here.....

:)

Date: 29 Nov 2006 10:14:13
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

>> Yep.
>>
>> My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough
>> games
>> yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
>> hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
>> unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.
>
> Conveniently built-in excuse....
>
> Great. You have established yourself as a mousetrap chess GM.

2700 is not GM on the internet scale, since K is not cut in half (i.e., it's
still set at 16). 2700 is more like 2400-2450 on that scale, but that's a
provisional rating. It is, however, what it is.

--
Money is not "game."
Looks are not "game."
Social status or value is not "game."
Those are the things that game makes unnecessary.

A seduction guru who teaches you that looks, money or status is game is not
teaching you "game," but how to be an AFC. He uses his students' money to
get women and laughs that "AFCs pay my rent."

Date: 29 Nov 2006 20:30:03
From: Antonio Torrecillas
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

En/na Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" ha escrit:
>>>Yep.
>>>
>>>My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough
>>>games
>>>yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
>>>hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
>>>unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.
>>
>>Conveniently built-in excuse....
>>
>>Great. You have established yourself as a mousetrap chess GM.
>
>
> 2700 is not GM on the internet scale, since K is not cut in half (i.e., it's
> still set at 16). 2700 is more like 2400-2450 on that scale, but that's a
> provisional rating. It is, however, what it is.

Sure we never would be a proof of that, ... Ray is a "rating-liar".

The only fact we can check is that He was under 1900 when He played
serious games.

Antonio

Date: 28 Nov 2006 20:21:08
From: LSD
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

At the approximate date and time 27 Nov 2006 04:15:12 -0800, someone
posting as "[email protected]" <[email protected] >
posted:

>
>Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
>> >> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
>> >> groups
>> >> of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated). My
>> >> "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical rating
>> >> pushing 1900 now.
>> >
>> > Just to be clear, you're talking about a rating for 1-minute games,
>> > right?
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>> My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough games
>> yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
>> hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
>> unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.
>
>Conveniently built-in excuse....
>
>Great. You have established yourself as a mousetrap chess GM.
>Congratulations, Ray. Such and accomplishment should be accompanied by
>a fanfare of farts from a pig farm...
>
>Talk about a useless milestone...my god.
>
>And I want to announce my achieving of the GM title in the game DVONN.
>I have managed to defeat a very strong field of lobsters from Maine.
>You'd not think a lobster could play an abstract game such as DVONN,
>but I have proven my worth by defeating them over the past 2 years,
>achieving a GM rating. There were many IM's and GM's in the player pool
>as well, so the legitimacy of my accomplishment cannot be understated.
>
>ffffttt...fffftttt....fffttffftttttttttt.
>
>Something stinks around here.....

Lobster analogy, uh? I guess it'll do in a pinch.

>:)

:-P

Date: 27 Nov 2006 19:45:16
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

[email protected] <[email protected] > wrote:
> And I want to announce my achieving of the GM title in the game
> DVONN. I have managed to defeat a very strong field of lobsters
> from Maine. You'd not think a lobster could play an abstract game
> such as DVONN, but I have proven my worth by defeating them over the
> past 2 years, achieving a GM rating. There were many IM's and GM's
> in the player pool as well, so the legitimacy of my accomplishment
> cannot be understated.

For those of you not familiar with DVONN, IM = International Mollusc,
GM = Genius Mollusc.

Dave.

--
David Richerby Dangerous T-Shirt (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ fashion statement but it could explode
at any minute!

Date: 26 Nov 2006 22:06:03
From: Matt Nemmers
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
>
> If I don't get the GM title by age 45, I will quit expecting to get it and
> possibly quit training (though not playing).
>
> The odds would be on that occurring. If someone "wants to bet" usually
> there is a proposition (see above) and an odds line for and against (such
> as -130/+120 with the bookie getting the 10-cent spread).
>
> To the extent that actual betting is illegal in the US, oddsmaking is not,
> and we could theoretically fly to costa rica or something to make the wager
> at some point.

So how much of that $8000 you make per year are you able to put up,
Gordo? What with all the filing fees for all the lawsuits you
supposedly have in the works and whatnot. I'll venture a guess that
you'd be asking your mom to fly you to Costa Rica.

But I'll get in on this. I'll make it easy on you though, Gordo...I
won't bet money -- I'll wager for honor. Here's the deal: You don't
make GM or 2600 FIDE by 45 and you NEVER, EVER post here again. If you
do, I'll proclaim you the best chessplayer alive and never post here
again myself. There is, however, a caveat: You can never speak of how
much progress you're making (or not making) here or anywhere else. The
proof will have to be posted on the FIDE website by your 45th birthday
(which would be what?) in the form of it listing you as a grandmaster
(or having an ELO of 2400 or more).

Yes, I said 2400 or more. This is just how confident I am in your
failure.

So how 'bout it, Gordo? Willing to put your "good name" <chuckle > on
the line? If not, it kind of makes all your bragging about your
"improvement" on here pretty ridiculous since it would seem to indicate
that that's what you're shooting for anyway.

So....do we have a bet?

Date: 27 Nov 2006 07:37:50
From: Antonio Torrecillas
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

En/na Matt Nemmers ha escrit:
> Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
>
>>If I don't get the GM title by age 45, I will quit expecting to get it and
>>possibly quit training (though not playing).
>>
>
> But I'll get in on this. I'll make it easy on you though, Gordo...I
> won't bet money -- I'll wager for honor. Here's the deal: You don't
> make GM or 2600 FIDE by 45 and you NEVER, EVER post here again. If you
> do, I'll proclaim you the best chessplayer alive and never post here
> again myself. There is, however, a caveat: You can never speak of how
> much progress you're making (or not making) here or anywhere else. The
> proof will have to be posted on the FIDE website by your 45th birthday
> (which would be what?) in the form of it listing you as a grandmaster
> (or having an ELO of 2400 or more).
>
> Yes, I said 2400 or more. This is just how confident I am in your
> failure.

Gordo is a loser and a liar, ... or He lives in another world.

The bet is very impressive: from 0 FIDE rating to 2400-2600!!
Note we can not forget that Gordo only FIFE rating is 0

Ray, ... Here is the page you will can show us your FIDE rating:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/

I'm sure that Ray will not be 2200 or more at 45

And He will not be +1900 (remember He is "O" FIDE actually) if He do not
change his ideas about training with 1 minute games studying only
opening memoristically without understand nothing.

Antonio Torrecillas tinez

Date: 26 Nov 2006 18:33:29
From:
Subject: Ray Godon's chess record is similar to his legal record

I think Ray Godron is too dumb to be called an expert at anyhing. Game
theory has everything to do with making money, so money is a game, in a
sense. In money and chess and the law, Godron has a clear and
consistent pattern, LOSER.

Take my advice: move to California, and go to a law school in
California.

They will even accept the likes of you.

cus Roberts

Date: 26 Nov 2006 20:18:40
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
> I post this so that those who claim I am rated much lower know that I have
> stated otherwise (useful in a lawsiut if anyone insists on lying).
>
> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest groups
> of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated). My
> "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical rating
> pushing 1900 now.

Are those numbers USCF ratings? FIDE ratings? BDF ratings? Perhaps they
are Yahoo ratings?

> ...
> If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
> should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
> been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of getting
> a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an under-2400 prize is
> no longer out of reach.
>

Want to bet?

--
Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/

Date: 26 Nov 2006 21:45:08
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

>> If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
>> should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
>> been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
>> getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
>> under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
>>
>
> Want to bet?

At what odds?

GM or FIDE 2600 (either) by age 45 is the bet.

What odds would a linemaker set on that?

--
Money is not "game."
Looks are not "game."
Social status or value is not "game."
Those are the things that game makes unnecessary.

A seduction guru who teaches you that looks, money or status is game is not
teaching you "game," but how to be an AFC. He uses his students' money to
get women and laughs that "AFCs pay my rent."

Date: 26 Nov 2006 21:00:59
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
>>> If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now, I
>>> should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which has
>>> been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
>>> getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
>>> under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
>>>
>> Want to bet?
>
> At what odds?
>
> GM or FIDE 2600 (either) by age 45 is the bet.
>
> What odds would a linemaker set on that?
>
>

Why are you trying to change the terms. You clearly said "grandmaster
at or around age forty-five". All you need to do now is stipulate FIDE
Grandmaster and tell us what you mean by "at or around". Is age 90 "at
or around" age 45?

--
Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/

Date: 27 Nov 2006 00:10:43
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

>>>> If the current rate of improvement holds, as it has for 2.5 years now,
>>>> I should still become a grandmaster at or around age forty-five, which
>>>> has been my goal since I began training again. I am not yet capable of
>>>> getting a GM norm without being very lucky, but an IM norm or an
>>>> under-2400 prize is no longer out of reach.
>>>>
>>> Want to bet?
>>
>> At what odds?
>>
>> GM or FIDE 2600 (either) by age 45 is the bet.
>>
>> What odds would a linemaker set on that?
>>
>>
>
> Why are you trying to change the terms. You clearly said "grandmaster at
> or around age forty-five". All you need to do now is stipulate FIDE
> Grandmaster and tell us what you mean by "at or around". Is age 90 "at or
> around" age 45?

If I don't get the GM title by age 45, I will quit expecting to get it and
possibly quit training (though not playing).

The odds would be on that occurring. If someone "wants to bet" usually
there is a proposition (see above) and an odds line for and against (such
as -130/+120 with the bookie getting the 10-cent spread).

To the extent that actual betting is illegal in the US, oddsmaking is not,
and we could theoretically fly to costa rica or something to make the wager
at some point.

--
Money is not "game."
Looks are not "game."
Social status or value is not "game."
Those are the things that game makes unnecessary.

A seduction guru who teaches you that looks, money or status is game is not
teaching you "game," but how to be an AFC. He uses his students' money to
get women and laughs that "AFCs pay my rent."

Date: 27 Nov 2006 01:41:00
From: Ron
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

In article <[email protected] >,
"Ray Gordon, creator of the \"pivot\"" <[email protected] > wrote:

> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest groups
> of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated). My
> "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical rating
> pushing 1900 now.

Just to be clear, you're talking about a rating for 1-minute games,
right?

-Ron

Date: 26 Nov 2006 20:45:42
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

>> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
>> groups
>> of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated). My
>> "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical rating
>> pushing 1900 now.
>
> Just to be clear, you're talking about a rating for 1-minute games,
> right?

Yep.

My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough games
yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.

--
Money is not "game."
Looks are not "game."
Social status or value is not "game."
Those are the things that game makes unnecessary.

A seduction guru who teaches you that looks, money or status is game is not
teaching you "game," but how to be an AFC. He uses his students' money to
get women and laughs that "AFCs pay my rent."

Date: 26 Nov 2006 23:29:51
From: Mike Murray
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:45:42 -0500, "Ray Gordon, creator of the
\"pivot\"" <[email protected] > wrote:

>>> Finally broke the big 2000 in my training pool, one of the strongest
>>> groups
>>> of players on the planet (many IMs and some GMs are lower rated). My
>>> "valley" rating has also improved into the 1700s, with my typical rating
>>> pushing 1900 now.
>>
>> Just to be clear, you're talking about a rating for 1-minute games,
>> right?
>
>Yep.
>
>My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough games
>yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
>hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
>unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.

You're saying your blitz (I'm assuming you mean five minutes per side)
rating is 2700 ?

Date: 29 Nov 2006 08:53:39
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

>>My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough
>>games
>>yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
>>hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
>>unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.
>
> You're saying your blitz (I'm assuming you mean five minutes per side)
> rating is 2700 ?

Three minutes per side, and yes, it's around 2700 provisional (2450 on the
normal Elo scale since the servers don't half K after 2200). I played in a
cash tournament and went 2-1 before pulling out.

My slow strength is probably 2150-2200 around this point if I had to guess.

--
Money is not "game."
Looks are not "game."
Social status or value is not "game."
Those are the things that game makes unnecessary.

A seduction guru who teaches you that looks, money or status is game is not
teaching you "game," but how to be an AFC. He uses his students' money to
get women and laughs that "AFCs pay my rent."

Date: 29 Nov 2006 18:54:38
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: NEWS: Ray Hits New Rating Peak (over 2000)

Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot" wrote:
>>> My blitz rating of about 2700 (only loss to a GM) doesn't have enough
>>> games
>>> yet, and I vow not to play another blitz game until the one-minute rating
>>> hits 2500, which at the current pace should be about three more years,
>>> unless of course I retire, which could happen at any time.
>> You're saying your blitz (I'm assuming you mean five minutes per side)
>> rating is 2700 ?
>
> Three minutes per side, and yes, it's around 2700 provisional (2450 on the
> normal Elo scale since the servers don't half K after 2200).

BZZZT! that's not how "half-K" works.

> I played in a
> cash tournament and went 2-1 before pulling out.
>
> My slow strength is probably 2150-2200 around this point if I had to guess.
>

You don't have to guess. Just enter a rated event.

>

--
Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/