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Submitted by fzweb on Sun, 10/18/2009 at 10:25pm.

This game was interesting because:

1. He played the Scotch-something I am not familiar with

2. During the game, his rating went from about 1510 to 1886.

3. I was too friendly with this guy and hinted that I had some tactical shots (which he admitted he used to his advantage).

He beat me quite convincingly Frown Nevertheless, excellent play by my opponent!

Any ideas on how to improve my play in this game?

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by Dozy - 33 days ago
Blue Mountains Australia
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 2136

The reason ramsiz's rating leapt ahead like that was because he's a new player and, since starting your game, has had a string of wins. Until a player gets 20-30 games finished there tends to be a big jump in their ratings whether they win or lose. It settles down after a while.

Where did you go wrong?  I'd have done a few things differently but you held it together  pretty well until near the end when you allowed some holes in your king's position. 

What part of Oz are you from?

 
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