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2010 World Youth Chess Championship starts Wednesday Oct 20th
Re: 2010 World Youth Chess Championship starts Wednesday Oct 20th
Ya Eric's right, I misread Vlad's performance as average rating. Based on his results, his fide should be around 1950-2050 even though his performance is much higher than that. The first fide rating is solely based on average rating of his opponents
Ya Eric's right, I misread Vlad's performance as average rating. Based on his results, his fide should be around 1950-2050 even though his performance is much higher than that. The first fide rating is solely based on average rating of his opponents
you sure? i believe that's the case only if you score above 50%. if you score 50% or below your "rating performance" is your performance rating. if you score above, it's average rating of opponents + 10 points for every (win minus loss) you have
in other words, scoring 6.5/7 only garners him a rating performance 60 points higher than what scoring 3.5/7 would
that's how it was a couple years ago when i obtained a rating anyway
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
Great News!!! from the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece
Jason Cao from Victoria BC is currently undefeated after his 7th round win against the top rated player in his section. Jason has been playing chess for 2 years and is a grade 5 student at Campus View
Jason Cao (with Black) beat Sevian ("Fischer II") Samuel on Board 1 to pull into first place.
8.2 Determining the Rating 'Ru' in a given event of a previously unrated player.
8.21 If an unrated player scores less than 1 point in his first rated event, or he plays fewer than 3 rated opponents in any event, his score is disregarded.
First determine the average rating of his competition 'Rc'.
(a) In a Swiss or Team tournament: this is simply the average rating of his opponents.
8.22 If he scores 50%, then Ru = Ra
8.23 If he scores more than 50%, then Ru = Ra + 12.5 for each half point scored over 50%
8.24 If he scores less than 50% in a Swiss or team tournament: Ru = Rc + dp
8.25 If he scores less than 50% in a round-robin: Ru = Ra + dp x n/(n+1).
Based on the above, Jason would have a rating of 1947 after 7 rounds (but he needs 9 FIDE-rated opponents before the rating is published, assuming he doesn't have any from previous events).
Great News!!! from the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece
Jason Cao from Victoria BC is currently undefeated after his 7th round win against the top rated player in his section. Jason has been playing chess for 2 years and is a grade 5 student at Campus View
Jason Cao (with Black) beat Sevian ("Fischer II") Samuel on Board 1 to pull into first place.
Unfortunately, someone told the interviewer that this was the best performance ever by a Canadian - overlooking Jeff Sarwar (WYCC Champion U10 in the mid 80s) [edit: and Julia Sarwar]
Last edited by Roger Patterson; Wednesday, 27th October, 2010, 04:58 PM.
Re: 2010 World Youth Chess Championship starts Wednesday Oct 20th
"Jason Cao from Canada pulled an all-important victory in the last round, against the direct rival for top places Cameron Wheeler, and thanks to the draw on the top board, he earned the gold medal on better additional criteria. Jeffrey Xiong (USA) takes home the silver, and Puranik Abhimanyu edged his fellow Indian Gupta Bhaskar to claim the bronze."
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