Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:05:16 02/01/02
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On February 01, 2002 at 15:01:39, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 01, 2002 at 14:16:14, Robin Smith wrote: > >>On February 01, 2002 at 12:35:36, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>Wow, congratulations on your win!! >> >>Thanks. >> >>>How much do you us computers (if at all)? >> >>I prefer to not discuss my methods in a public forum. But I will tell you that >>I certainly would NEVER just plug a position into a computer and let it decide >>what my move will be. At top levels this is a recipe for losing. In postal >>chess circles these people are called "postmen", since they deliver the mail for >>their computers. How unimaginably boring this would be. >> >>>What is your OTB rating? >> >>I very rarely play OTB, but do have an OTB rating; ~2100. I have trouble >>concentrating in OTB games and make too many tactical mistakes. Against much >>higher rated players (2450+) I have scored 3 draws and 1 loss in OTB. I seem to >>concentrate and do better under these circumstances. > >There is one thing that I do not understand >How is it possible that your ICCF rating is less than 2300? > >Here is a link for your win and I find that most of the players have better >rating than you and you have less than 2300. > >http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/usccc13f.htm > >I think that there is something wrong in the rating sysytem because you were one >of the winners of the 11th championship (1995-1998) so it was logical to expect >that your rating will be one of the best. > >Uri I can add that I believe that your result seems to be slightly better than my result(+5 =3) inspite of the fact that I played against players with average rating of almost 2450 when you played against players with average rating of less than 2400 Uri
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