shingywan

Rating 1836

Accepting all challenges
Daily ChessLast move 387 days 21 hours and 46 minutes ago

About shingywan

I was probably 11 years old when my dad taught me the moves and I never gave it further thought back then. I mostly ignored it for 24 years of my life. Now I'm closer to 40 than I am 30 and I think it's one of the greatest games around. My dad used to play for Wakefield and had an ECF close to 170 back in the day. He would work in a restaurant all day, come back, practice and then catch the bus to play for his club. It's great I can share this game with him.

My interest has come so late though! I'd love to reach a level where I can give him a good game but my dog, an English Springer Spaniel named Poppy, limits my time... and my wife who I don't want to turn into a Chess widow! 🙂 My other loves are playing football (soccer) and boxing which I practice as an amateur welterweight (5'9"/175cm, 69kg/156lb).

I do use the Analyze tool but if you message me I can make a gentleman's agreement that I will not use it at all. Time to time, I will make a stupid move and that's the problem I find playing online and playing the game in broken stages. If my mistake is too severe then I will resign and I do so with the utmost respect to my opponent. Please do not be offended.

Skulls... I will always try and contact you once and give you a day or two to reply. But if it's a repeat thing then I have to go for the timeout I'm afraid!

Chess is a great game. When you get past the basics, studying finer concepts such as tempo, initiative and position; open up all kinds of doors. Forget about your rating once in a while, play someone lower, play someone higher. Give someone the benefit and pleasure of playing against you so you can *both* improve.

If you're hovering around an online rating of 800 - 1500 then Jeremy Silman's "How to Reassess Your Chess" is the best book I ever read that helped me improve my game. Very readable and simply awesome advice.

You can follow me on Twitter @shingywan

Don't stress out - just play 🙂

Rating Trend (last 50 games)

Rated Won / Drawn / Lost

All Rated

295 games

As White

131 games

As Black

164 games

Daily ChessStats

Games Played451
Rated295
Won292
Lost146
Drawn13
In Progress0
All Moves14789
Moves This Month0
Rating1836
Tourn. Entry Rating1836

Rated Color

All

295 games

Won

183 games

Lost

106 games

Drawn

6 games

Rated Timeouts

Won

8 games

Lost

2 games

Historical

90 days1 Year5 Years
Highest Rating189218921922
Average Rating186418641892
Lowest Rating183618361836
Opponent Average Rating152215221569
Games Rated3328
  • Moves This Month is the number of moves made since the 1st of the month.
  • Highest Rating excludes provisional (first 20) games.
  • Tournament Entry Rating is calculated by the formula (CurrentRating + HighestRating) / 2. The entry rating will never drop to more than 100 points below your Highest Rating.
  • Rated stats are updated within 24 hours of the last completed rated game.
  • Last refreshed on 08 Mar '23 .

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