General Chess Discussion - World Chess Championship: Game 14 and Tiebreaks#49 Determining the World Chess Champion after fourteen games and a handful of rapid games fits the era in which we live: a news "feed" instead of a newspaper, baseball games have a clock (!), hyper bulle… | nmgo |
Lichess Feedback - When does a provisional rating become a regular rating#1 I have played 117 classical games and still have a provisional rating. How many games does one have to play to have the question mark removed from one's rating? Thank you. | nmgo |
Lichess Feedback - Provisional Ratings#1 I have played 187 classical games and still have a provisional rating. How many games in each time control does one have to play in order to achieve an actual rating. I ask because, for good reason, m… | nmgo |
General Chess Discussion - Why I Like John Bartholomew's Feed Above All Others#1 1) He doesn't play insipid electronic music in the background 2) He explains clearly, even in bullet games, what he is doing and why 3) He wins graciously; when he loses, he loses graciously: how many… | nmgo |
General Chess Discussion - Ratings system#4 thanks for the helpful information. did not know this.... | nmgo |
General Chess Discussion - Ratings system#1 A simple question: I lost to a player (by checkmate) rated 90 points higher than I am. I lost four points, he or she gained 27. Next game, I defeated a player rated 90 points less than myself: I gaine… | nmgo |
General Chess Discussion - Castling King Side or Queen Side?#1 As a weak player (hopeless at blitz), I am eager to improve. Aside from the usual blunders, I often find myself losing due to vulnerabilities on my king side, both as white and black. I only play trad… | nmgo |
Off-Topic Discussion - What Is The Point Of Life? What Is The Point Of Chess?#5 The only thing worse than wasting days and days playing on-line chess is wasting time and lots of money joining some dumb organization like USCF (which you have to do to play in tournaments in the US)… | nmgo |
Game analysis - Why 1200 are better than 1500 +?#5 Not sure the generalization--"1200 [players] are better than 1500 [players]" is supported by this single game. You played well; your opponent had a bad game. That's about all one can say. In general I… | nmgo |