Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:39:47 12/24/99
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Ok, ok, ok. I'll explain. I was planning on it should someone just say: "Eh?
Please explain." I never expected this very long discussion on the matter. :-)
The explanation is fairly simple. I play in tournaments in which many of the
players are rated over 2000 according to the ratings here in Brazil, but only a
minority of them have FIDE ratings. Players with FIDE ratings therefore have two
ratings, as is my case. Last year for example, I won the Championship of Rio de
Janeiro with a score of 5/6, yet I lost FIDE points because my only loss was
against the only FIDE rated player I confronted (although the 3rd highest
nationally rated player I faced in the event). So my TPR was calculated on a
score of 5/6, yet my FIDE rating was recalculated according to that one loss.
This didn't reflect at all my actual performance, which is why I also put very
little value on my FIDE rating. It goes up a few points, it goes down a few
points; I don't worry myself trying to figure what it's all about.
Albert Silver
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