@AGC-Gambit_YT said in #40:
> he's not that good.
Claude is not good at chess and a uscf 1800 could beat him. There was a guy named lunasatin on chess.com who posted the exact same/similar message in chess.com talking about how Claude was very talented and how you should look at his games.
He even used the same phrase "Talent is off the charts"
But its not true, I think looking at the top players from present time would be better, no offense to you guys.
Mods, can we close this topic already? OP is obviously just doing it for attention and pinging random people in the hopes that they'll reply. It's pathetic, honestly.
@Cutesnoringbeast said in #41:
> > he's not that good.
>
> Claude is not good at chess and a uscf 1800 could beat him. There was a guy named lunasatin on chess.com who posted the exact same/similar message in chess.com talking about how Claude was very talented and how you should look at his games.
> He even used the same phrase "Talent is off the charts"
> But its not true, I think looking at the top players from present time would be better, no offense to you guys.
op is just a ragebaiter
Guy who posted this topic definitely is
Howard Staunton he learned in his 20's and became unofficial world champion 1843-1851 no one has ever topped that.
There was not much activity from 1847 to 1850, and Staunton lost the 1851 tournament.
@verylate said in #10:
> Wasn't there an American master who made his final IM norm when he was in his 50s? Granted, that player had been approximately IM strength for a while, but just hadn't scored the norms in FIDE tournaments.
>
> I'm 69 this year, lifetime high national rating 2070, hoping to be the oldest GM to earn the title when I am in my 80s. I figure it will take a while yet, the key is getting old enough.
wait why do i feel like i know you
JOHN HEALY
First played Chess aged 30 in prison after spending 15 yrs as a homeless alcoholic.
He became obsessed with Chess, quit drinking & authored 'CoffeeHouse Chess Tactics'
IMO only his personal issues stopped him reaching the higher echelons of English Chess
There's a doc on Netflix about him called 'Barbaric Genius'