Results and current events

Peek Correspondence Chess Elo

My peek Elo at ICCF is 2294. But it goes slowly down draw by draw. Its possible to lose more than 30 Elo in a single rating period becouse of draws if meeting only lower rated.

Most high rated plays only in closed rating based events where Elo stays high. I play on all sorts of events. Most over 2350 started to play long before "Curse of computers" or has high FIDE Elo. And high FIDE Elo and high start Elo and then only playing in closed rating based events are needed for rating to stay high and to get higher titles than CCM. Rating only depends on opponents one mets rating not actually playing strength in Correspondence Chess.

Best results

I have won several events, including finals, but here I show some results that gave diplomas.

Why I more or less stoped to play in 2024

This entire section is based on my personal experience of Correspondence Chess but I still belive this sections claims are true while some high rated or high titled might disagree, but I belive they are arrogant and to proud in that case. I have talked to several current and former Correspondence Chess players at Chesspub forum about this as well, including high titled like SIMS:s and GM:S, and none has disagreed to a single of my claims, instead they say I am right about my provocing contreversial claims.

My plan for the future is to stop to play in many new Correspondence Chess events. I will only play at small scale level like team matches for Sweden and one or two events extra events per year. I will complete my ongoing games and do my best in these games and keep play and join in events I qualifyed to and play my best Chess there too. Only exception against not in joining events is possible some future charity event or if I get an invitation to some interesting event. The reason are that I lost motivation, not even latest up to date books or theory bases gives anything but draws these days vs decent opposition. The rating system is simply not working. ICCF tried to change rating system in 2023 but they changes has no effect, Elo slowly goes down after each draw.

The ICCF rules board has are living in an alterative reality where they dont see that the rating system is not working since they underestimated how bad the situation actually are, the changes in 2023 has no effect in positive way, only in negative way unless 2400+ and plays only in closed events. Everyone rated over 2350 has become overrated do to computer improvments and many in the intervall 2100-2300 are are underrated. Rating only depends on opponents one mets rating not actually playing strength in Correspondence Chess if both players are using latest tools. Many 2350+ players delays draw offers as long as the can, I many of my games opponents rated over 2350 uses more than 120 days on same draw offer in a dead draw positions. In one event one players delayed the draw offer by 200 days. These kind of behavior is both common and possible in tripleblock time control events. In other event type they at least have to move even thought there is nothing to play for. I think they try to keep Elo high by never taking draws in dead positions. There are also players that regardless of rating takes leave to delay clear draws or clear loses.

After the rule changes one can lose even more by draws if plays in Open Events like I do, I lost 5 extra Elo once after rule changes. The rule change also makes it impossible to gain Elo by draws vs higher rated thus I can not not regain that Elo by draws vs higher rated. The new changes make the Elo system even more unfair, the higher rated keeps more overrated so the winners of the rule changes are the overrated do the inflation and the loses are those underated do to deflation.

I think CCE title is almost same a IM title and CCM is almost same the GM title and any titled between CCM and GM are same as GM. I have deep respect for thoso who took titles above CCM since 99% are from pre NNU AI engine era where they needed more manuall human analysing. Thus they whey where very good Chess players but today none NNUE AI engines analysing and not use of tablebases or using older machinges are inferior. In my games I actually only use a relative cheap gaming laptop but I still gets more than 50 ply fast in most positon since hardware today is much better. It has the effect that high Elo or higher titles are virtual impossible to get today unless high Fide Elo = high start Elo. I belive that if high titled or high rated would start over with lets say 2100 in start Elo, most would never be able to take the higher norms, titles or get same high Elo again.

Computer improvments in both hardware and software after that NNUE AI Chess engines was invented in 2020 and evolved even more since then has created inflation and deflation at the same time in both the Elo system and the title system. High Elo or IM titles or higher means either high Fide Elo thus could play in high rated events from start where rating system works perfectly for them since rating stays high by only playing in closed rating based events or else they played Correspondence Chess long before "Curse of Computers". There are some exceptions where players completed more than 100 games per rating period multiple times in a row. Most higher titles are taken from pre computer era and most high rated started to play back then as well. 400 Elo differens matters very little today if lower rated has at least 2100 Elo, its not uncommon with draws even in that intervall if both players has up to date computers and latest and right software.

I belive that the overrated are living in an altenative reality where they have higher rating becouse they are much better players and that they think all lower rated are weak players. They dont see correlation between FIDE Elo, start Elo and current Elo or even correlation when players started to play and does not understand how much better modern computers are in both hardware and software. They simple dont understand than there are no difference between any 2100 Elo who are using latest engines and tablebases on a modern computer and a 2600 player who are using latest engines and tablebases on a modern computer. One reasons why they dont understand are that are only playing in closed rating based events where rating system works perfectly for them since rating stays high this way and lower rated can never gain high Elo enought to catch up. Any 2350+ players would lose lots of Elo after only 2-3 events if they where playing in events where most other have "only" 2100 Elo if opponnets are using right tools. I have met GM:s, SIM:s and IM:s that dont have rating corresponding to their high titles, they lost lots of Elo by playing in open events.

Correspondence Chess team matches for Team Sweden

I sometimes play Correspondence Chess team matches for Team Sweden. Note that all team matches are rated, including friendly matches. I completed 20 games before I lost my first game for Team Sweden.

Friendly matches

• vs Finland (Finland 100 years) in 2017 (completed in 2018, my score ended up in +2 =0 -0)
• vs USA in 2018 (completed in 2018, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Panama in 2018 (completed in 2018, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0. I took over the position in both games as stand-in)
• vs England in 2018 (completed in 2018, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Rest of the World 2018 (SSKK 80 years 2018) (completed in 2019, my score ended up in +1 =1 -0)
• vs Scotland in 2019 (completed in 2020, my score ended up in +2 =0 -0)
• vs Asia,Africa,Australia,New Zealand in 2019 (completed in 2019, my score ended up in +1 =1 -0)
• vs Spain in 2019 (completed in 2020, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Cuba in 2020 (completed in 2020, my score ended up in +0 =1 -1)
• vs Romania in 2020 (completed in 2020, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Europe in 2020 (completed in 2020, my score ended up in +1 =1 -0)
• vs Portugal in 2020 (completed in 2020, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Netherlands in 2021 (completed in 2021, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs England in 2021 (completed in 2021, my score ended up in +1 =1 -0)
• vs South America in 2021 (completed in 2021, my score ended up in +0 =1 -1)
• vs Baltic States in 2021 (completed in 2022, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Wales in 2022 (completed in 2022, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Mexico in 2022 (completed in 2023, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Philippines in 2022 (completed in 2023, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs USA in 2023 (completed in 2023, I played 2 mini matches, my score ended up in +0 =4 -0)
• vs Czech Republic in 2023 (completed in 2023, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs Italy in 2023 (ongoing, I play 2 mini matches, my current score is +0 =2 -0)
• vs Switzerland in 2023 (completed in 2024, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)
• vs France in 2024 (ongoing, my current score is +0 =0 -0)

European Cup 2020

• EU Team Cup Quarterfinal Sweden-Wales in 2020 (completed in 2020, my score ended up in +0 =2 -0)

Nol van't Riet Team Tournament

• Team tournament, Semifinal (completed in 2021, my score ended up +2 =4 -1)