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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I think I just got hustled at chess last night at the bar. I saw some guys playing and figured it would be fun to play a game. One guy said his ELO was 700, so I figured my 950 Blitz rating would be good enough for a decent chance of winning. After about 10 moves it was clear his ELO was more like 1700. Got crushed and had to buy him a drink.
I probably should have known seeing a group of guys sitting around a chess board were likely pretty good. It does make me laugh though.
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OTB is much much harder, a classic example is my 1600 ELO cousin got absolutely pimped by my 1200 dad. My old man, bragged later that it is easier to beat a person OTB because you can watch and see what they have noticed.