Author: Rafael Vasquez
Date: 20:15:17 06/08/02
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On June 08, 2002 at 18:31:10, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >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. Bob, I checked in the Fide website and I dont appear in the rating search. Maybe it has to be because of I had not payed the wage to Fide (you have to pay something like an annuality). Rafael
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