Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 14:31:15 07/05/05
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On July 05, 2005 at 12:55:02, Steve B wrote: >>>is only a matter of time before a new group steps in with their own OTB rating >>service >do you think so? >i have followed the particularly acrimonious recent election for months now > >i have been a card carrying member of the USCF for over three decades and i seem >to recall several controversies over the years but not to this extent I myself have been a USCF Life Member since the early 1980s. One problem with establishing a low cost or free OTB rating service is that the USCF requires membership for all participants in a tournament and so there is little motivation to support an independent rating system as long as a USCF rating is "free". What is needed is an Internet based independent ratings server that can be write accessed only by accredited tournament directors. Each player would be given a unique ID and password that could be used to establish positive identity prior to the beginning of an event. Participants could chose to receive periodic rating data email. But the USCF will never support an independent system. They know that they'll lose half their annual renewing members who are currently associated only because membership is required for tournament players. Your Move's _Computer Chess Reports_ was what the USCF should have delivered, but they failed to do so because of a too cozy relationship with their advertisers. There is hope, though; with an seemingly endless succession of executive failures and a total lack of personal responsibility, the USCF is doomed to irrelevancy and eventual bankruptcy. When that happens, then an independent rating system will take over.
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