cfc member activity 2001-2011

[Roger Patterson]

some time ago, I posted number of games played by people in the period (approx) 2006-2010. I have had occasion to revisit this and now have some numbers for the period mid 2001-mid(late) 2011 or roughly a decade.

As before there are some cavaets: people at the start of the period with established ratings were considered to be at 26 games played - so these numbers are not quite exact.

Some other information:
- of people with at least 100 regular games played, 39% of them had established active ratings. (i.e. 61% had <=25 active games)

- of the players counted, 72% of them played less than 25 games in this period.

- of the players counted, 86% of them played less than 50 games in this period.

A graph and list of the top 20 or so is given below. (I came in at #39 :-) ) If you want the whole Excel file it is at: http://www.victoriachess.com/cfc/dat...2001-2011.xlsx

Rank	NUMBER	FIRST	LAST	RATING	GAMES_PLAYED_TOTAL
2	100034	Robert J.	Armstrong	1712	1047
3	108202	Robert	Gillanders	1793	926
4	102743	Roy	Yearwood	2208	924
5	106376	Tim	Knechtel	1683	838
6	108323	Robert J.	Gardner	2304	832
7	138609	Roman	Sapozhnikov	2434	804
8	132534	Nikolay	Noritsyn	2634	761
9	127516	Alex T.	Ferreira	2048	732
10	101793	Maurice	Smith	1535	722
11	101874	Arthur	Milne	1779	714
12	127769	Liam	Henry	2282	711
13	109793	Joe	Bellomo	1607	698
14	121202	Raja	Panjwani	2481	694
15	134729	Nathan	Farrant-Diaz	1593	681
16	121087	Brian	Oliver	1492	668
17	127483	Jason	Wihnon	1846	658
18	130889	Arthur	Calugar	2376	656
19	127431	Shiyam	Thavandiran	2479	651
20	101895	Alex	Danilov	1907	642

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

With the CFC giving away certificates for classes maybe there should also be certificates for number of rated games, and lists published on the website:

Bronze 100 rated games
Silver 500 rated games
Gold 1,000 rated games

When a player reaches 500 or 1,000 an announcement with photo and bio could be published in the newsletter. It is a great accomplishment.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

I have had occasion to revisit this and now have some numbers for the period mid 2001-mid(late) 2011 or roughly a decade.

The curve is not very smooth What is a bin size for played games? IMHO, the bar plot might be better with a larger bin size (number of games 10 or 25). An additional curve N_players who played more than X games (smth like an integral of the posted plot.) Thnx.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

When a player reaches 500 or 1,000 an announcement with photo and bio could be published in the newsletter.

I think there was a similar tradition for the most active player's photo on the title page.

[Roger Patterson]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

The curve is not very smooth What is a bin size for played games? IMHO, the bar plot might be better with a larger bin size (number of games 10 or 25). An additional curve N_players who played more than X games (smth like an integral of the posted plot.) Thnx.

the original post contains a link to an Excel file with all the data. Massage it as thou wilt.

[Walter De Jong]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

Hmmmm... at least one data point is wrong. The spreadsheet lists me as having played 46 games between 2001 and 2011. I've only played 20 CFC rated games, in a total of three events, during that time.

Are you counting some events multiple times?

[Roger Patterson]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

Hmmmm... at least one data point is wrong. The spreadsheet lists me as having played 46 games between 2001 and 2011. I've only played 20 CFC rated games, in a total of three events, during that time.

Are you counting some events multiple times?

As stated in the original post what I actually calculated was the number of games played with players with established ratings started at 26. So in your case, being established in 2001 and playing 20 games: 20+26 = 46.

That may seem a little obscure, but for my purposes that was the number I needed, not the actual numbers of games played. Some one who was not established in 2001 has the exact number of games.

[Jonathan Berry]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

Thanks for the work and chart, Roger!

The curve is not very smooth What is a bin size for played games? IMHO, the bar plot might be better with a larger bin size (number of games 10 or 25). An additional curve N_players who played more than X games (smth like an integral of the posted plot.) Thnx.

Maybe something like ...
BinSize = min (x, 10 * int (GamesPlayed / 100))
so x, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 ....

x might be as small as 1.

It's already a log graph on the vertical axis. Sure glad I'm not a statistician.

Or maybe
BinSize = min (1, 5 * int (GamesPlayed / 30))

so 1, 5, 10, ... Yes, I like this second formula better. Good luck!

[Walter De Jong]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

As stated in the original post what I actually calculated was the number of games played with players with established ratings started at 26. So in your case, being established in 2001 and playing 20 games: 20+26 = 46.

Sorry - missed that.

After a few days reflection I'm still blown away by the number of rated games some folks have played. Micah Hughey, e.g., has been averaging about 2 games per week, FOR A DECADE! What dedication (and obvious love for the game).

I second Eric Malmsten's suggestion: it would be worthwhile to formally celebrate those who play so much.

I'm curious - who has Micah played the most?

[Roger Patterson]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

After a few days reflection I'm still blown away by the number of rated games some folks have played. ?

yes, although a great deal depends on where you live. When I lived in ottawa, it was pretty easy to get 40 or so games at the club (once a week more or less) plus a tournament 6-8 times a year or about 70-90 games a year. Now, in Victoria, it is pretty much impossible to play that many. 25 games in a year is a good year (although I typically get another 20 or so in the US). I think my lifetime total is probably pushing 3000.

And of course to those totals, impressive as they are, you should add USCF and FIDE games outside the country.

[Vlad Rekhson]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

I'm curious - who has Micah played the most?

I am sure that I would be up there but also guys like Jason Wihnon and Rob Gardner could be candidates.

[Nicolas Haynes]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

I am sure that I would be up there but also guys like Jason Wihnon and Rob Gardner could be candidates.

Dave Ottosen also played him many times before he left town. I've probably played Micah around 10 times in tournament games and I don't play that often.

[Micah Hughey]

Re: cfc member activity 2001-2011

Sorry - missed that.

After a few days reflection I'm still blown away by the number of rated games some folks have played. Micah Hughey, e.g., has been averaging about 2 games per week, FOR A DECADE! What dedication (and obvious love for the game).

I'm curious - who has Micah played the most?

I'm bumping this thread because I just noticed it. I certainly have a great love for the game. But dedication? After getting married two years ago, and with a kid on the way, I've cut down to only one game a week, maybe one-and-a-half. Plus a few rapid games on Mondays, of course, but those don't count. And some casual games at the library downtown this afternoon. Plus blitz, but that's less than twenty games a week.
My wife Leah has joined the Edmonton Chess Club, plays about 30 games a year, and is starting to Organize tournaments too. So that might help me to get back to a respectable number of games per year again, like the old days of the early 2000's.