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Dear CFC Voting Members,
My name is Tony Li and I am running for Ratings Auditor. For those of you who do not know me, here is a short bio.
Actuary for a Living
I have a BMath from University of Waterloo with minors in statistics and economics. I am an actuary and study trends and manage multi-million dollar risks for my employer.
Chess for Life
I learned the rules of the game at the age of eight in the chess-rich city of Beer Sheva, Israel. However, it was not until ten years later that I played in my first CFC-rated tournament, squeaking out a 1243 performance rating as a young adult. Fortunately, adults can improve! With lots of hard work and commitment (in the form of a CFC Life Membership), I managed to peak at 2086 a decade later.
In the family, we already have a pair of kids playing chess. It won’t be long before I am asked to play 3rd board in team matches!
I also volunteer at my local chess club (Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club). One of the more unique tournaments we now offer is the Kitchener Chess Marathon (7 rounds rapid and 12+ rounds of blitz over 2 days). Normally, towards the end of the tournament I will survey top players (GM Razvan Preotu, FM Victor Plotkin, FM Hans Jung to name a few) to hear if they would like more rounds for the following year’s edition. They are unanimous in their response - “No, that would be too much chess!”. How often do you hear that from titled players?
My Focus as Ratings Auditor
1. Maintain a statistically sound rating system that reflects player strength and tracks improvement/deterioration in play.
2. Staying alert to risks to the rating system and address them proactively to minimize the need for large-scale manual intervention.
The CFC rating system is facing a big challenge ahead. After a year and a half without OTB tournaments, the re-opening is likely to see abnormal rating impacts from vastly underrated juniors. I will be working proactively with the CFC leadership to implement measures to minimize the impact of this shock to the rating system.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post it here or e-mail me at kwchessclub@gmail.com.
Dear CFC Voting Members,
My name is Tony Li and I am running for Ratings Auditor. For those of you who do not know me, here is a short bio.
Actuary for a Living
I have a BMath from University of Waterloo with minors in statistics and economics. I am an actuary and study trends and manage multi-million dollar risks for my employer.
Chess for Life
I learned the rules of the game at the age of eight in the chess-rich city of Beer Sheva, Israel. However, it was not until ten years later that I played in my first CFC-rated tournament, squeaking out a 1243 performance rating as a young adult. Fortunately, adults can improve! With lots of hard work and commitment (in the form of a CFC Life Membership), I managed to peak at 2086 a decade later.
In the family, we already have a pair of kids playing chess. It won’t be long before I am asked to play 3rd board in team matches!
I also volunteer at my local chess club (Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club). One of the more unique tournaments we now offer is the Kitchener Chess Marathon (7 rounds rapid and 12+ rounds of blitz over 2 days). Normally, towards the end of the tournament I will survey top players (GM Razvan Preotu, FM Victor Plotkin, FM Hans Jung to name a few) to hear if they would like more rounds for the following year’s edition. They are unanimous in their response - “No, that would be too much chess!”. How often do you hear that from titled players?
My Focus as Ratings Auditor
1. Maintain a statistically sound rating system that reflects player strength and tracks improvement/deterioration in play.
2. Staying alert to risks to the rating system and address them proactively to minimize the need for large-scale manual intervention.
The CFC rating system is facing a big challenge ahead. After a year and a half without OTB tournaments, the re-opening is likely to see abnormal rating impacts from vastly underrated juniors. I will be working proactively with the CFC leadership to implement measures to minimize the impact of this shock to the rating system.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post it here or e-mail me at kwchessclub@gmail.com.
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