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by bahus
Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:58 am
Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
Topic: I wanted to share with you this embarrassing game
Replies: 8
Views: 42649

hybriddream: Yes you are correct, only moves Black has are Nh6 and 0-0 to avoid mate. Problem is that after 6...Nh6 7.Bxh6 0-0 8.Be3 Black is a piece down and White can just exchange down to won endgame. BTW, there is a similar trap in Scotch Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7 5.c3 dxc3?!...
by bahus
Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:24 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Provisional Rating
Replies: 1
Views: 7025

Provisional Rating

I am a fairly new to CC but so far I've liked Net-Chess very much. I know that the rating questions appear here in the forum way too often but I'd like to know if other players have noticed a similar "feature" in the calculation of provisional rating. The new rating calculated by Net-Chess and perfo...