Durham General Chat Thread

Cha-CHING! :biggrin:

Durham University

Durham

Reply 1101

Rach:)

arkbar

Cha-CHING! :biggrin:

Have you finished your essay Ali (dyu mind if i call you that, feels a bit weird caling you 'arkbar' all the time since ive met you quite a few times! :rolleyes:

Reply 1102

Yes I have, how much have you got left?
Sure, it's odd on here moving between TSR/real names.

Reply 1103

arkbar

itchynscratchy, what standard is the Durham Chess Soc?(in BCF terms)

I play board 4 for the A team off 135, the A team ranges from 158 on board 1 to 120 on board 5. The B team however is considerably weaker and consists mainly of people who have no official grade as of yet.

The A team play the B team on Thursday, if you fancy coming down then PM me and i will let you know where and when

Reply 1104

If I beat Ali tomorrow, I will come too maybe :wink:

Reply 1105

RobbieC

If I beat Ali tomorrow, I will come too maybe :wink:

All are welcome (so long as they pay the membership fees :wink:

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Reply 1106

Heh, A is a bit above my standard as back when I played chess regularly (4 years ago) I was 80-88ish and I don't really have the patience for longplay these days (I sound like an old man :rolleyes:

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Reply 1107

What does the number indicate? Or rather how is it established??

Reply 1108

arkbar

Heh, A is a bit above my standard as back when I played chess regularly (4 years ago) I was 80-88ish and I don't really have the patience for longplay these days (I sound like an old man :rolleyes:

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There is no obligation to play for any team, we have social nights every wednesdays in the swan and three from 7 (except this coming wednesday since the room was pre-booked). to be honest we have only just got going as a fully fleged society and could use the membership.
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RobbieC

What does the number indicate? Or rather how is it established??

basically results are sent to the BCF (British chess federation) you get opponents grade +50 for a win, opponents grade for a draw and opponents grade -50 for a loss. your grade is then your number of points divided by your games that year. If, for example you played 3 games against someone graded 100 and win two and draw one then your grade is (150 + 150 + 100)/3 = 133

Reply 1109

A flaw in the system. I play 3 chess grandmasters in my fresher year, each with a rating of about 600 or something stupid.

I lose my first two games, but manage to slip victory in the third :wink:

583.3333333333.

Go me!

Reply 1110

I might pootle over and drag Robbie too *grin*, if I'm not going to ICBIN this week that is.
I remember playing league chess for my club back in the oldens days *wistful* we fielded a team with 3 U-18s (out of 4 boards), but to be fair the top board is now graded something in the region of 170...

Reply 1111

RobbieC

A flaw in the system. I play 3 chess grandmasters in my fresher year, each with a rating of about 600 or something stupid.

I lose my first two games, but manage to slip victory in the third :wink:

583.3333333333.

Go me!

1) highest GM's only reach about 280.
2) you would never slip a victory against one (no offence, i couldn't either :smile:

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3) the above was only the basic system, you can never get more than ten points less than your current grade for a loss or less than ten points higher than your grade for a win. You cannot recieve more than 90 points more than your grade for a win (or draw) or 90 less than your grade for a loss (or draw). If someone has no know grade then it is estimated using available information
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arkbar

I might pootle over and drag Robbie too *grin*, if I'm not going to ICBIN this week that is.

Note: we are NOT meeting in the swan and three this wednesday (the 9th), but will be every wednesday after that, so feel free to go whereever you like this week. So long as you join us in the pub the following week :biggrin:

Reply 1112

Incidentally,nice post #1111!
Fair dos, wow I really need to get back into playing chess again, and perhaps ditch my reliance on the Dragon :rolleyes:

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I shall attempt to join ye in t'pub in the following weeks,how many of you are there ish?

Reply 1113

arkbar

Incidentally,nice post #1111!
Fair dos, wow I really need to get back into playing chess again, and perhaps ditch my reliance on the Dragon :rolleyes:

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I shall attempt to join ye in t'pub in the following weeks,how many of you are there ish?

about 20 on the mailing list although i have only met about 8 personally

Reply 1114

Rach:)

arkbar

Yes I have, how much have you got left?
Sure, it's odd on here moving between TSR/real names.

Well done

I'm getting there, but got too much to say and not sure how relevant any of what im saying is.... :frown:

Chris, hope you're proud with the success of this thread! :biggrin:

Though it has strayed ever so slightly from the original topic...not that becca will mind, i'm sure! :rolleyes:

I'm still keeping up my duty of night-time officer though! :biggrin:

Reply 1115

Did someone say annoying Becca?

WHEN WILL I GET MY OFFER?

Reply 1116

Nah, I know grand masters are meant to be good. But at a certain point Im sure rating begins to mean very little, because the players will go beyond being able to make mistakes, and every game between them will end as a draw.

Reply 1117

Inks

My human geography title is nasty, as in, vague.
"What can human geographers contribute to the study of a globalising economy."

And… where to start on that one?

I have 3 weeks though… Or something like that… It's aaaaaall good. :wink:

Reply 1118