Winning, Losing or Drawing streaks
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I used to organise and arbit a district championship. I also played if there was an odd number. I gave up playing when I had to rule on a 10.2 (draw in the last 2 minutes) claim, effectively giving the decision against myself. I'm still not happy with the arbiter!!
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My winless run continues folks, Last nights league match produced another draw, with the match score at 2.5-1.5 in our favour my opponent offered the draw, team captain leapt on me (not literally) and said I could accept as board 2 had the required win for the match. I had come out of the opening "Najdorf" a Pawn down and managed after a four move combo emerge a Pawn to the good! so my dilemma was to a)break the streak or b) help win the match? I took the draw reasoning that my 8 game winless streak had now become a 3 game unbeaten one! also I could just envisage sitting in the bar afterwards surrounded by my dejected team mates enquiring "How on Earth did you allow that Knight fork" : )
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A certain player at my grammar school lost his first 12 league games. To give him some credit, he never gave up and won the 13th!
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Not sure Michael if this is resilience or fortitude, but well done him!Michael Jones wrote:A certain player at my grammar school lost his first 12 league games. To give him some credit, he never gave up and won the 13th!
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Won a league game today, for the first time since February 2011
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I have not lost playing for Sidmouth since May 2009, a streak that includes 8 whole games.
I haven't lost a graded game at Sidmouth since November 2010, I'm not sure how many games this involves, but it's not many. Added to this I have not lost a game as black outside of a congress since May 2010, for a total of 17 games. In congresses during that period my record as black involves 3 losses of out 6 games.
OTOH, I recently went 10 Congress games without victory, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Put simply, club good congress bad.
Oh, and I've never drawn a rapidplay game, this involves 11 games. 7 wins and 4 defeats, with white accounting for all 4 of those defeats and 2 of the wins.
I haven't lost a graded game at Sidmouth since November 2010, I'm not sure how many games this involves, but it's not many. Added to this I have not lost a game as black outside of a congress since May 2010, for a total of 17 games. In congresses during that period my record as black involves 3 losses of out 6 games.
OTOH, I recently went 10 Congress games without victory, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Put simply, club good congress bad.
Oh, and I've never drawn a rapidplay game, this involves 11 games. 7 wins and 4 defeats, with white accounting for all 4 of those defeats and 2 of the wins.
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Well done Matt, could you not of asked for an adjournment till Wednesday, just to complete the year?Matt Mackenzie wrote:Won a league game today, for the first time since February 2011
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Sebastian you need somebody to organise The Sidmouth Congress quickly that should cure it!Sebastian Stone wrote:I have not lost playing for Sidmouth since May 2009, a streak that includes 8 whole games.
I find players stats quite interesting, I tend to enjoy congress games over league games as you can play with with less restraint and play out games to the bitter end, though I am not sure how that plays out in terms of my scoring, will need to do some analysis.
With the New grades out, I was pondering whether it would suit to have a Congress grade seperate from grades of other games?
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Just for the record, with my fourth draw in a row I reached 9 games without a win, could I creep into double figures without a win for the first and only time in my life?
No! Not a chance, Two wins on the trot have ended that run and seen my new shiny unbeaten run extend to six!
No! Not a chance, Two wins on the trot have ended that run and seen my new shiny unbeaten run extend to six!
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Two straight wins for me at Golders Green yesterday (and three for the event overall) .
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Nice going Nicky, sounds like a maiden tournament victory is on the horizon!Nicky Chorley wrote:Two straight wins for me at Golders Green yesterday (and three for the event overall) .
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Lol, thanks. I wouldn't go that far. Two wins came against very weak opponents (mate in 15 and 9 moves), but they're juniors so if they keep playing I imagine they'd get better quite quickly. As for the third, well, I really could have lost on time, having about a minute or two left by the time I delivered mate. I don't think mate was forced, either; my opponent made mistakes and I took advantage .
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Which is how chess games are wonNicky Chorley wrote:... my opponent made mistakes and I took advantage .
Congrats on the wins. It's good to see you making progress.
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Nottingham haven't sent a team to High Wycombe for the Universities Championship this year (or the last two years ). It's probably a bit late to do anything about that this year, but we'd be delighted to see a team from Nottingham at next year's event!James Byrne wrote:I started playing otb Chess this year (Oct 2011), and whilst playing for Notts Uni 1 & 2 my games have gone: DLWDLLLLD then x-mas holidays break and my first 2 games this year have gone: WD.