Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 01:26:10 08/11/03
World Rating List Chess960
How to get a rating ? IPS = Individual Player Strength
by Hans-Walter Schmitt
Never before has it been easier to step into the new rating system IPS (
Individual Player Strength). All you have to do is to play the 2. Chess960 Open
in Mainz. During the Chess Classic Mainz 2003 (CCM3) not only the world
championship Chess960 (Rapid) will be played, but also the Qualification
tournament for the next world championship cycle will take place on 14 & 15
August 2003. At the moment more than 100 players have registered for the
Chess960 Open with an average IPS of 2363. The favorite for the Open tournament
will be Russian shooting-star Alexander Grishuk with an IPS of 2732 (number 6 of
the FIDE ELO ratinglist), but the 19-year old Russian will meet strong
competition. The average IPS of the top-10 seeded is 2676 and the average IPS of
the top 50 is over 2600! Therefore, it will be easy for amateurs to get a very
high IPS in this very strong field, not to forget the unforgettable experience
to play against a top grandmaster over the board.
If you would like to read more about the rating-and title system of the WNCA =
World New Chess Association, go to the article written by Hans-Walter Schmitt:
“A pleading for Fischer´s ideas-say YES to Chess960” . You can find the article
on our website. The convention for the official foundation of the WNCA will take
place in Mainz on 14 August 9.00 AM. The Chess960 Open will start at 12.30 and
the first game of the Rapid Chess960 world championship between Peter Leko and
Peter Svidler is scheduled to start at 18.30 on the same day. If you want to
have your Chess960 tournament in the IPS list as well, just contact our
rating-director Hans-Dieter Post of the Chess Tigers. He will take care of the
rating system until the WNCA takes over. Come to Mainz, to witness an important
step in the history of Chess960 with the foundation of an international
organisation. Be there as a player!
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