Ligon, Scott   (USA)       [FICGS member # 12964]



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Scott Ligon


Scott Ligon has currently 8 running correspondence chess game(s), won 46, lost 0 and drawn 180 other games against an average elo of 2198, does not play advanced chess (fast time controls), does not play big chess, does not play Go (wei-ch'i, baduk), and does not play poker, finally Scott finished a total of 226 games and is still playing a total of 8 games.



Correspondence chess statistics :

vs. Bahadir Ozen (2239) :   50%   (14 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Ilmars Cirulis (2244) :   54%   (11 games, 1 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Herbert Kruse (2501) :   50%   (9 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Janusz Swiatek (2209) :   77%   (9 games, 5 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Vjacheslav Perevozchikov (2263) :   50%   (8 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Theodore Mirra (2305) :   50%   (8 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Aniruddha Duttagupta (2254) :   62%   (8 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Ronnie Tabudlong (2242) :   50%   (7 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Coco Maceda (2230) :   50%   (6 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Matt LaDuke (2227) :   50%   (6 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)




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Last messages by Scott Ligon in the forum :


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-27 22:06:35)

If you mean John Shaw's book on the King's Gambit, I have that book and he did say that the Bishop's Gambit is refuted. But he qualifies what he means (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-26 14:55:46)

I couldn't use the link but I found game number 137701. You won against the King's Gambit but your opponent played 3 d4. Which is actually the kind of (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-25 17:10:39)

What does it even mean to have an advantage? Engine analysis has changed my perspective on this issue. From a human perspective, we can say that white (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-25 16:20:13)

The problem with the two opening you suggested is that they're too good. Neither side made a mistake, so the engines will hold the draw every time (ba (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-23 21:22:50)

Surely there are some positions where it's difficult to determine, even with engine assistance, whether the position is a game theoretic win or a draw (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-22 16:25:45)

Yet another amendment. From the previous post, we can eliminate the FICGS server evaluation and let the first player stipulate which side is playing f (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-22 16:00:33)

Even the idea of having preset pools of starting positions isn't necessary. Going off my previous post, the first player selects any starting position (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-22 15:22:57)

Here's another idea. We start with two pools of starting positions. One pool where white has an advantage that may or may not be winning. Another pool (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-22 15:10:32)

In that case you'd need some way to address the possibility that a player could always draw their two game match by mirroring the moves their opponent (...)


I did not win a game since 3 years    (2022-11-22 14:53:59)

As for ways to address this, if engines are allowed you could have tournaments from a starting position where the game theoretic value isn't clear. Wh (...)