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- From: Ron_Kownacki@transarc.com
- Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
- Subject: Re: USCF Lifetime Titles Question
- Message-ID: <8fDpWKz0BwxKQ0nHAt@transarc.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 09:42:14 GMT
- Article-I.D.: transarc.8fDpWKz0BwxKQ0nHAt
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- >>...
- >>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?]
-
- I had exactly the same situation when I crossed 2000. I called USCF and
- explained the situation, and they sent me the crosstables with a letter
- showing that the numerical rating calcuation was in fact correct. Which was
- quite true and quite irrelevant. Apparently, the person on the phone was
- unable to understand that I was talking about the title, although I did make
- the facts clear.
-
- On the theory that nobody except Bill Goichberg cares about these things
- anyway, I decided not to waste any more time. Besides, this is only the
- title/rating system change du jour. Next year we'll all be trying to figure
- out how the new, undocumented froobie point change works. The conversation
- will probably go something like: "You mean I played an even number of games
- and I only get +12 froobie points because my third round opponent was a
- provisional player with a foreign title?. Isn't that deflationary? This is
- simply outrageous."
-
- A few months later, the title corrected itself automagically. So the
- problem seem to be that the administrative software components aren't
- integrated, and you'll just waste your time talking with USCF.
-
- My question: Why did they adopt that silly new display format of xxxx+xxxx?
- Sure looks like it came right out of the bowels of the rating program. The
- unofficial/offical label made a lot more sense, and it seemed to leave the
- door open for true monthly processing. Now they've kind of institutionalized
- the lag. Maybe they plan on going to semi-annual updates for 93?
-
- Ron
-