Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 15:31:10 06/08/02
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On June 08, 2002 at 13:27:42, Jorge Pichard wrote: >Hi Jorge, > >I am unrated :( >But I played in the Curacao International Open Last Year (with / GM´s and >many IM´s. I did 5.5 of 9. Jan Timman won the tournament with 7 of 9. I was >tied in 9th place and received money prize. The GM Ilan Manor from Israel >did 5.5 points also. I was very happy to be at only 1.5 points behind of >Jan Timman!. In round 3 I played my first game against a GM (Bartolomiej >Macieja from Polland) which I lose. I got autographs from all the Gm´s,Im´s >and every player whom wished to sign my little book bougth specialy for that >event. I also took videos with my handycam. > >Regards In view of the fact that you played in a tournament, it seems unlikely that you do not now have a provisional rating. The only exception would be if the tournament itself were unrated, which seems highly improbable considering who played in your tournament. Do a little checking. You will probably be very pleased at what you discover. In fact, you could easily have a **provisional** rating above 2800. If it was FIDE sponsored, you may already have a FIDE provisional rating. I once was given an amusing/amazing provisional rating of a strong master in correspondence chess. That rating was higher than anyone else's I was paired against! At that time I had only played a few correspondence games in my life. I was actually a beginner at correspondence chess. Although I fully realized that my rating was completely bogus, it made me happy anyway and was good enough to get me entered in a masters-only tournament [where I was also seeded as top board]!!! Bob D.
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