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by Jonathan Arnott
Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5977
Views: 741475

Re: Media comments on chess

Politics is so demanding as a career that it just got in the way of my chess Is there any evidence to substantiate this claim - "He ... went on to win the British junior under 16s"? I can't see his name on Britbase's list of junior winners . Perhaps he won the championship of some junior organisati...
by Jonathan Arnott
Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:40 am
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: A curious quirk of the system
Replies: 10
Views: 3060

Re: A curious quirk of the system

I may be wrong but I thought it was optional to use the conversion instead of the ELO rating. Yes, teams had a choice at the start of the season . But choices were made using the August grading list and ECF grades can dart about a lot more than FIDE ratings. So converted grades might be more approp...
by Jonathan Arnott
Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:42 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: A curious quirk of the system
Replies: 10
Views: 3060

A curious quirk of the system

I've just taken a quick look at the new 4NCL ratings. Three significant factors contribute to causing a problem: 1. The ECF grade ----> FIDE rating conversion formula used is incredibly generous because x8 + 650 really doesn't work well with the 'new' grades. 2. Junior players with FIDE ratings may ...
by Jonathan Arnott
Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:34 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: European Club Cup 2011 Regulations
Replies: 12
Views: 2783

Re: European Club Cup 2011 Regulations

Does anyone happen to know which teams are interested in entering? Will we definitely be able to send the full quota of 3 teams this year?
by Jonathan Arnott
Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:32 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: The Pool Sucks
Replies: 99
Views: 10322

Re: The Pool Sucks

Loz, our problem this season has been that some of our opponents (most particularly Cambridge 2) have had stacks of unrated players. Looking at the other division 2 teams/squads, I see some are like Barbican and are mostly all rated players. Others are like Cambridge and have a mixture. The traditi...
by Jonathan Arnott
Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:24 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: The Pool Sucks
Replies: 99
Views: 10322

Re: The Pool Sucks

I find the idea of a second division swiss frankly bizarre! Heavens, it's hard enough getting rated opposition in division two all the time at the moment. Surely adding the bottom 4 D1 teams (all rated) and possibly the top 2 D3 teams (all rated) would mean you probably have a better chance of gett...
by Jonathan Arnott
Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:50 am
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: The Pool Sucks
Replies: 99
Views: 10322

Re: The Pool Sucks

It is to my mind self-evident that one can never seed teams satisfactorily at the start of the season - a conclusion I reached more than ten years ago. The problems have always been worst in the second division, incidentally. No real need to worry about seeding a D2 Swiss. D1 can be seeded accordin...
by Jonathan Arnott
Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:32 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: The Pool Sucks
Replies: 99
Views: 10322

Re: The Pool Sucks

16 teams, is too many for an 11 round APA and not really enough for an 11 round swiss so the present structure seems to be the least bad option, apart from changing the size of the divisions or number of rounds. I should have added that I think the strength of the 4NCL, Division One in particular, ...