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Information about chatt (Last disconnected Fri Feb 10 2012 00:08):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           1287  [8]  3121  5191   331  8643   1766 (03-Jun-2004) 
Standard        1854  [1]   172   223    31   426   1978 (25-Apr-2004) 
5-minute        1282  [8]  3029  2970   233  6232   1647 (01-Jul-2009) 
1-minute        1196  [8]     0     2     0     2                      
15-minute       1756        128    99     8   235   1831 (18-Dec-2011) 

 1: I'm an ex-S/W dev. (Java, C/C++, Assembler, some .NET; Excel macros/OO VBA)
  located in Hamilton (near Toronto, Canada).  My USCF rating is 1858.  BEST
  GAME (but not my fav.) is from Play the Master vs manest, lib #26; "very well
  played" - manest, "wow, awesome" - kibs.  Best tourn: Tomato 306916 Rp=2264
 2: Exchanging 'Thank You's after a game doesn't make sense and (IMO) comes
  from people being interviewed on TV and radio who were so glad to be there
  that they needed to say TY on air.  How about exchanging 'Handshake's
  instead?  '+alias HS say Handshake'
 3: MORE TIME: How about having a universal minimal delay of up to 2 secs
  before moves?  This would reduce mousies, improve people's chess and their
  enjoyment.  Bullet could be a special case.
 4: TAKEBACKS FOR MOUSIES. I see this as being clumsy with the pieces in OTB
  play. Young guys say 'mousies are a part of the game', but if some old guy
  nudges the wrong piece in over-the-board they don't mind.  And who hasn't had
  a mouse go bad?
 5: PROVISIONAL RATINGS: I'd like to know at the start of a game if my opp. is
  provisional, especially in 5 min.
 6: After game analysis: I'm using the built-in analysis engine; which I also
  use while foll'g Master blitz games -- it's a great deal.
 7: .
 8: LUCK is a factor in blitz in that you can start a combo that's too long to
  analyze in the time avail.  Or say it's instinct if you're a Master or very
  familiar with the pos.  No luck implies that you're analytically responsible
  for each move, good or bad -- who needs that? And there's premoving too.
 9: There's always luck in chess in that your opp might blunder.
10: FAVORITE ADAGE: "Chess is a sea where gnats can drink and elephants bathe."
  http://www.chess-poster.com/english/notes_and_facts/chess_quotes.htm

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