tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post5258855201856486617..comments2024-01-29T14:44:29.902-05:00Comments on Castling Queen Side: Wacky Wednesday! Westfield QuadsPollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-57976551621722167892009-03-02T15:57:00.000-05:002009-03-02T15:57:00.000-05:00Wang: It appears they don't do the one game a week...Wang: It appears they don't do the one game a week events anymore except maybe their club championship is run that way. They have the quads, quick chess and blitz tournaments. <BR/><BR/>The club I run on Monday nights I would offer one game a week events because certain players would tell me they don't like game/30. Hardly anyone would show up for the one game a week events. Now I end out running mostly game/30 events with 3 rounds in an evening.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-16761001408436508992009-03-02T10:49:00.000-05:002009-03-02T10:49:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810798413949148423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-46221129001994035802009-03-02T10:47:00.000-05:002009-03-02T10:47:00.000-05:00I always liked playing at Westfield. They used to...I always liked playing at Westfield. They used to run a one game a week tourney a few years back, good place to play.wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12810798413949148423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-33426401585731525192009-02-26T11:55:00.000-05:002009-02-26T11:55:00.000-05:00The rating floors have been argued back and forth ...The rating floors have been argued back and forth ever since they were first put in back in the late 80s. As Denopac pointed out, they were put in to discourage sandbagging. When they were first put in place it was only a 100 point drop from one's peak rating. So if one's peak rating was 1945 then their floor was 1845. That was extremely inflationary so they changed it to drop 100+ to the next 100. That way a 1945 peak would be able to drop to 1800. Even that was too inflationary so then they added another 100 points so the 1945 peak could drop to 1700.<BR/><BR/>Even though some players may pick up extra points for beating over rated players on their floor, I think in the long run it evens out. If somebody gains a bunch of points beating floored players they will inevitably lose those points when playing people who are more true to their strength. <BR/><BR/>Maybe in 100 games a player might play 20 people who are sitting on their floor. Will they beat the all of the floored players? In that same 100 games they may play 20 kids that are 200 points lower then their real strength. Will they lose all of those games? Maybe the remaining 60 games are against players whose rating is an accurate reflection of their playing strength. I think in the long run it's all going to even out.<BR/><BR/>There are numerous rating discussions that occur on the USCF Issues forums (Have to be a member to access them). Reading what all the math geeks have to say can give you a major headache. They seem to agree that the ratings are still are slightly deflationary. They keep tinkering with the system, and who knows if they'll ever get it 100%.<BR/><BR/>The rapidly improving kids make the numbers pretty meaningless. I played a kid over the weekend whose published rating for February was 1489. His March rating will be 1675. He gained all those points in one tournament. Since that tournament his rating has gone up to 1750. When I played him he was actually already higher rated then me. <BR/><BR/>Ratings are supposed to be an indicator of future performance, but they don't always work that way.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-73634292118239278542009-02-26T08:54:00.000-05:002009-02-26T08:54:00.000-05:00The idea behind the floor is to prevent people who...The idea behind the floor is to prevent people who once had high ratings from dropping down in class to the point where they can clean up. The class prizes in a lot of US tournaments are large enough to encourage this. I agree though that in practice it has had unintended consequences; i.e. an inflationary effect. However this is somewhat counterbalanced by the deflationary effect of rapidly improving kids vacuuming up ratings points on their way up the ladder. Play a kid and a "floored" adult and it all balances out ;-)denopachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683971459382806163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-74133213515745107082009-02-26T00:48:00.000-05:002009-02-26T00:48:00.000-05:00I never understood this floor thing in americain (...I never understood this floor thing in americain (USCF?) ratings. I must say that i find it a bad idea because now a player can win all his games against 1700 players who could all be overrated because they just have 1700 because it's their floor. With other words, the player winning against them will be overrated aswell. So i wonder if anybody has a normal, to his (real) strenght rating?<BR/><BR/>I think your bad play is because of your bad thinking proces. Maybe take a look at it and try to solve it. Who knows but perhaps doing the Silman thinking proces can cure your losses.From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-28561431477561743162009-02-25T23:23:00.000-05:002009-02-25T23:23:00.000-05:00Somewhere between 1500 and 1600. Probably if I st...Somewhere between 1500 and 1600. Probably if I stopped playing fast time controls, I might actually play closer to my 1700 rating.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114234807276194338.post-37476797956477737552009-02-25T22:10:00.000-05:002009-02-25T22:10:00.000-05:00If you did not have a floor rating, what do you th...If you did not have a floor rating, what do you think your real rating would be? 1400?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com