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- Subject: Re: 2267 Performance Rating for 10-year old in Montreal
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.130353.14810@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Pete Barlow... 'The Candy Guru')
- Date: 2 Jan 93 13:03:52 -0500
- References: <31DEC92.15661460.0064@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
- Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"
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- In article <31DEC92.15661460.0064@VM1.MCGILL.CA>, CCHB@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (CCHB) writes:
- > Here is a CHESS-related item:
- >
- > Ten-year old Lefong Hua scored an impressive 3.5 out of 5 in the
- > Open section of a tournament in Montreal (Canada) which ended
- > yesterday. His results were as follows (he was ranked 45th out
- > of 49 players at the start):
- [results deleted]
- > His performance rating was 2278, raising his rating to 1947.
- > After adjusting for the "deflated ratings" of Canadian players, his
- > USCF rating would be somewhere around 2100 (published USCF rating is
- > in the 1600's, based on 6 games).
- > His photo was on the front cover of the February 1992 issue of CHESS
- > LIFE (upper right, holding trophy), after winning the Grade 4 section
- > of the National Elementary School Championships (Nov. 1991).
-
- Wow.
-
- > His brother, age 6, wants to play in tournaments too, but is just
- > learning to write, and cannot record his moves!
-
- Easy enough. If the kids parents are coming along to the tournaments, just
- have THEM record the moves until the kid is old enough to write for himself.
- That'd come under the "appointing a deputy" clause, in the rules for
- handicapped players section of the ORC, and not knowing how to write would
- certainly be a valid reason to have someone else record the moves.
-
- > Does anyone know if a ten-year old has ever had an expert (or a master)
- > rating before? (Fischer became a master at 13).
-
- Uh... I don't know if Jorge Zamora made expert before his tenth birthday or
- not... or if he's even gotten there yet. But aside from him, no one comes to
- mind.
-
- TCG, pb.
-