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    Do you think winning every game with an undefeated winning streak is natural or unnatural? (For example when I play a game at chess I won 100 wins, no losses and no draw)

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    I think the issue there BartmanHomer is what was the skill and knowledge level of whomever you played? 100 wins against an opponent who doesn't even know how to play the game is not much of a win in my opinion. 100 wins against a skilled opponent might be something to brag about within a relatively small circle who play the game.

    As to natural or unnatural I suppose it depends upon to many variables to say yes or no with any certainty with so little information.
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      It depends on who your opponent is, and the circumstances of every game. From a cursory point of view it may seem impressive, but a few questions arise: Who were your opponents; were they adept chess players too? What is their skill level in relation to yours? Were all these matches fought under fair circumstances for both competitors?

      Let us use your chess example. Let us suppose that you are of grand-master caliber, and you beat a hundred casual chess players. This is not so amazing a feat, given your level of skill relative to theirs. Are you a casual chess player yourself and have just beaten a hundred other casual players too? This is much more impressive. Are you an amateur who has just beaten a grand-master? Now that is extraordinary. Now if you had beaten a hundred grand-masters, then you're no amateur!

      Then comes the issue of circumstance. Were all the chess matches won fairly, or were some botched/rigged? Many factors to consider. I, for example, play poker with my girlfriend. I always win however because she utterly sucks at poker. Were she skilled at putting on a poker face or bluffing, it might have been a completely different story entirely.

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          If in winning it is the savant that is a master of a single talent,then the winning is only within the confines of that single media...The greater competitor is one who may loose at times,but who has the ability to circumvent the rules and find paths never trod before,and in this become the master of the game.
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            Re: Undefeated

            Originally posted by anunitu View Post
            If in winning it is the savant that is a master of a single talent,then the winning is only within the confines of that single media...The greater competitor is one who may loose at times,but who has the ability to circumvent the rules and find paths never trod before,and in this become the master of the game.
            Circumventing the rules of a board game is what the rest of us call cheating. It's generally not a good way to find repeat matches at chess once you're past the age of 9 or 10.
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              Re: Undefeated

              Thinking out of the box...just seeing the field in a different light.
              MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED

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