Originally posted by Dragon Fire
This just proves the point. If you play enough games you will regularly beat players rated above you. 25% of the time in fact for 200 rating points.

However, I am prepared to bet you can find just as many embarassing losses to players rated below you.

Originally posted by zebano
Oh indeed I can.

Just beat someone rated 500+ points higher than me over at playchess 😏

[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2006.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreadnought1982"]
[Black "Portioner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.12.12"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {2} c5 {1} 2. Nf3 {1} d6 {0} 3. c3 {1} Nf6 {1} 4. d4 {2} cxd4 {2} 5. e5 {
2} dxe5 {2} 6. Nxe5 {1} Nbd7 {6} 7. Bb5 {2} a6 {1} 8. Bxd7+ {1} Bxd7 {0} 9. Qb3
{3} e6 {5} 10. Bg5 {4} Qc7 {10} 11. cxd4 {2} h6 {13} 12. Bxf6 {2} Qc1+ {3} 13.
Qd1 {5} Qxd1+ {1} 14. Kxd1 {1} gxf6 {1} 15. Nxd7 {1} Kxd7 {0} 16. Nc3 {1} Rg8 {
3} 17. g3 {2} h5 {5} 18. Ne4 {1} Be7 {2} 19. Ke2 {2} b6 {5} 20. Rad1 {2} f5 {1}
21. Nc3 {2} Ke8 {12} 22. f4 {1} h4 {5} 23. Kf3 {1} b5 {13} 24. d5 {2} Rd8 {4}
25. Rhe1 {7} b4 {7} 26. Na4 {1} Rxd5 {10} 27. Rxd5 {3} exd5 {0} 28. b3 {1} Kf8
{13} 29. Nb6 {1} d4 {3} 30. Nd7+ {4} Kg7 {8} 31. Rxe7 {2} Rc8 {6} 32. Ne5 {16}
hxg3 {9} 33. hxg3 {1} Rc3+ {4} 34. Ke2 {2} Rxg3 {3} 35. Rxf7+ {1} Kg8 {1} 36.
Rxf5 {1} Rg2+ {1} 37. Kd3 {2} Rxa2 {0} 38. Kxd4 {3} a5 {6} 39. Kc4 {4} a4 {1}
40. Kxb4 {2} axb3 {1} 41. Kxb3 {1} Rf2 {4} 42. Kc4 {5} Rd2 {2} 43. Ng4 {5} Kg7
{4} 44. Kc3 {3} Rd1 {3} 45. Ne3 {5} Rd8 {3} 46. Rg5+ {4} Kf6 {2} 47. Ra5 {3}
Kf7 {5} 48. Ng4 {1} Kg6 {1} 49. Ne5+ {2} Kf6 {2} 50. Nc6 {2} Rc8 {2} 51. Rc5 {1
} Rc7 {6} 52. Kd4 {1} Rd7+ {1} 53. Kc4 {2} Rd1 {1} 54. Nd4 {5} Rf1 {6} 55. f5 {
6} Rf4 {7} 56. Rc6+ {4} Ke5 {5} 57. Re6# {(Lag: Av=0.29s, max=1.0s) 4} 1-0

After the game his bum chum friend who was watching it starting giving me abuse saying it's people like me who ruin chess😵

Very happy with a draw against this guy, 48 games and only lost 1!!!

Game 2725354

I played the black knights tango, bad choice, got severely crushed... then broke out!

J