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- Subject: Re: 2267 Performance Rating for 10-year old in Montreal
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 19:13:48 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.130353.14810@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Pete Barlow... 'The Candy Guru') writes:
- >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.
-
- I had suggested this, but the parents have decided to wait until this
- summer before entering him in an adult tournament. The father plays
- regularly and has a 1350 rating.
-
- >
- >> 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.
- >.
- >.
-
- Someone posted a table a few months ago with the approximate ratings
- of some strong players (past and present) at different age levels.
- Here is a quick summary (age at which rating level was reached):
-
- Name 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 2700
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- Short 9 10 10 11 12 12 14 15 20
- Fischer 10 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 16 20
- Kasparov 9 10 10 11 12 13 15 15 16 20
- Karpov 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 19 20 23
- Mecking 10 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 21
- Spassky 9 10 11 12 12 14 15 16 18 28
- Alekhine 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 19 25 28
- Capablanca 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 20 24
- Pomar 9 10 10 11 12 13 19 28
- Adams 10 10 11 12 13 13 16 17 19
- Reshevsky 7 7 7 8 9 11 19 23 26
-
- Now to add some Canadian players:
-
- Spraggett 16 16 17 17 18 19 22 24
- Lesiege 12 13 13 13 14 14 16
- Lefong Hua 10 10 10
-
- (Lesiege should pass the 2500 mark very soon at the age of 17).
-
-
- Hugh.
-