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- From: sloan@cis.uab.edu (Kenneth Sloan)
- Subject: Re: USCF Lifetime Titles Question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.160218.24929@cis.uab.edu>
- Organization: CIS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- References: <1992Dec24.151535.7379@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:02:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec24.151535.7379@samba.oit.unc.edu> Marty.Moore@launchpad.unc.edu (Marty Moore) writes:
- >...
- >Background: Before the US G/60 Championship, my label showed 1889/B4,
- >...
- >I did pretty well in the G/60, gaining about 30 rating points and making a
- >1900 norm. This should give me 2 norm points toward A (1900) and 5 toward
- >a (1800), giving me a total of 9 toward a. So far so good--my new label
- >shows 1920/B9.
- >
- >HOWEVER...it was my understanding that achieving an established rating in
- >any 100-point level automatically gave one the title one level below that.
- >... expect my
- >label to show 1920/a2.
- >
- >Am I wrong, or is the labelling software wrong?
-
- I think you are right, but can't lay my hands on a printed description
- of the title system to check. If you really care, send a letter to New
- Windsor and see what they have to say about it.
-
- [Elliott? Are you listening? Can you get an official response? Is
- 1920/a2 a legitimate rating listing?]
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