Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 13:20:51 08/01/02
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On August 01, 2002 at 15:28:45, Dadi Jonsson wrote: >> >There is a lot of nonsense being said about norms, titles and chess programs. >Last year and this year I made a comment regarding the tournament in Argentina. >Below is a link to my most recent message regarding this discussion. So far >noone has responded to my messages, and the myths are slowly turning into >historical "facts", it seems. :) > >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?243271 You wrote : Let's assume that the average rating of Hiarc's opponents in this tournament is approximately 2.426 as is stated on the official homepage (Actually, the July ratings of players belonging to the Argentinian federation have not been published yet). This would put Hiarcs opponents into Category 8 (2.426-2.450). For a GM norm in a Category 8 tournament a 73% winning score is required. In a 10 round tournament, such as this one (well, 11 but each player had one bye and so played 10 games), that rounds up to 7,5 points. Hiarcs scored 7 points and so missed the GM norm by half a point. I write: Not too shabby ... (what is half point nowadays ?) I would give it at least the GM norm "ad honorem" :) w.b.r. Otello "not too shabby" G.
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