Author: TEERAPONG TOVIRAT
Date: 06:08:58 01/10/04
Hi, Not so long ago,FIDE changed some criteria to get initial rating. I quote the following from FIDE webboard. // I read in the Bulletin of French Arbiters, that FIDE Rating Administrator confirmed French Federation that now 3 games against rated players are enough for unrated players to take into count their actuation. Is it right? Thanks, Yes, you are right. If an unrated player scores 0 or 0.5 in an event, his score and that of his opponents against him are disregarded. // I think this will cause inflation in the system. Let's suppose the situation. Situation A ,Mr.X play 12 games in one tournament against 2100 players. The result is 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 6/12 So,his rating would be 2100. Situation B, let's consider the result as 4 tournaments. According to new rule, FIDE would ignore the result from third tournament because,he can't get a single win . So,FIDE would calculate his rating as if he score 6/9 against 2100. His rating would be 2200+ instead of 2100. This will finally cause inflation in the system. Because,FIDE selectively ignore bad results. I predict that we'll soon see the effect. I've no idea why FIDE do this. First,they down rating floor to 1800 then they let players manipulate their own ratings.Rating is like currency, without reliability,no one would trust in. Any comment is welcome, Teerapong
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