In a nearby forum thread, a newcomer was arguing a question about the rating, his rating was 1000.
After that, I wrote to one of the participants to talk about the rating. In response, he offered to play a game. I'm 1700, he's 1100. I played the opening of the hippopotamus. He led two pawns in the endgame. I spent a knight and a rook to eliminate these pawns.
Now he called me a scammer and blocked me.
Maybe I don't know how to behave in a game with strangers? Maybe I should have given in to him so that he would rejoice at the victory?
Who is a scammer?
Maybe you are a scammer.
Against someone 600 points lower your statistical win expectancy is 100% but you only reached an endgame two pawns down. Giving up a knight and rook for those two pawns doesn't sound like a good trade either.
These are not just two pawns. These are two queens. I spent more than a minute thinking about how to prevent the transformation? Statistics show that this was the longest move. The rook cannot stop two pawns. I knew it. Therefore, i sacrificed two pieces so that White would not pass. Therefore, I was sure that the blacks would pass. The situation is the same in different corners of the board. Rook versus two passed pawns.
@lizani said [^](/forum/redirect/post/2qYO0Dmz)
> Maybe you are a scammer.
> Against someone 600 points lower your statistical win expectancy is 100% but you only reached an endgame two pawns down. Giving up a knight and rook for those two pawns doesn't sound like a good trade either.
This is the game. He is actually not 2 pawns down but up a knight and 2 pawns. He's talking about whites 2 passed pawns which knows his pieces cannot stop, so he sacs a rook and knight because now white's rook cannot stop black's pawns this time.
https://lichess.org/8BsbWJZf/black#77
To put the rating gap in perspective, it would be like me playing Magnus. Even if he turned into Drunkenstein, I doubt he'd ever make moves like g5 or Kf7. Move first, think later!
If you offer to play a game against someone, you can't be upset if you lose. I did want to ask though, why the hippo?
@TarkusTheRock said [^](/forum/redirect/post/ArRclpan)
> If you offer to play a game
I proposed to discuss puzzles. He offered to play. I've been playing Hippopotamus for a long time. I played lightly. I didn’t expect that I would make a lot of mistakes myself and win only two pawns. After the surprise, I had to play with all my strength, distract the king, catch the bishop, pin the knight, look for how to prevent promotions and how to promote my pawns.
@RemRus said [^](/forum/redirect/post/xW002HBe)
> > If you offer to play a game
>
> I proposed to discuss puzzles. He offered to play. I've been playing Hippopotamus for a long time. I played lightly. I didn’t expect that I would make a lot of mistakes myself and win only two pawns. After the surprise, I had to play with all my strength, distract the king, catch the bishop, pin the knight, ...
I was saying HE had no right to be upset if he wanted to play a game against someone higher rated.
@lizani said [^](/forum/redirect/post/t6JKfa6i)
> To put the rating gap in perspective, it would be like me playing Magnus. Even if he turned into Drunkenstein, I doubt he'd ever make moves like g5 or Kf7. Move first, think later!
@lizani said [^](/forum/redirect/post/t6JKfa6i)
> To put the rating gap in perspective, it would be like me playing Magnus. Even if he turned into Drunkenstein, I doubt he'd ever make moves like g5 or Kf7. Move first, think later!
i doubt youre better than magnus with 15 shots of tequila and blindfolded
I could beat Magnus in that scenario
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