Author: Rafael Vasquez
Date: 19:23:38 06/09/02
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On June 09, 2002 at 03:43:59, Uri Blass wrote: Hello Uri, Yes, the tournament was only 9 rounds and not all the players were rated. Maybe I have to play more tournaments to get rated.(Not a priority) Rafael >On June 08, 2002 at 23:15:17, Rafael Vasquez wrote: > >>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 > >No > >It may be if you did not play enough >games against players with fide rating(I think that >you need 9 games against players with fide rating and >if one of your opponents had no fide rating then >it is enough for you not to get a fide rating.. > >Another explanation is if the tournament is a new tournament >so Fide did not update it and >in this case you may appear in the next fide rating. > >Uri
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