SUMMARY REPORT OF QC COUNCIL MEETING IN ATHENS

[LawrenceCooper]

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... eting.html

[Andrew Bak]

Seems like a well-researched and analysed report. All the suggestions made including Sean's seem to be very sensible as it has been clear for sometime that there are many undergraded players who ratings significantly lag behind.

I'm a bit surprised they didn't look at the effect of having a monthly list on the ratings but maybe this is a non-factor in the grand scheme of things.

Perhaps the most noticeable absent thing is whether the recommendations suggested will be accepted by FIDE. Does anyone know what the procedure is for changing the rating system?

[Sean Hewitt]

Seems like a well-researched and analysed report. All the suggestions made including Sean's seem to be very sensible as it has been clear for sometime that there are many undergraded players who ratings significantly lag behind.

Gosh. I'd forgotten that I had sent them my analysis.

[NickFaulks]

I'm a bit surprised they didn't look at the effect of having a monthly list on the ratings but maybe this is a non-factor in the grand scheme of things.

This has been looked at before, as rating periods have come down, and pretty much done to death. There is certainly a theoretical argument for increasing k from 10 to 11 to reflect the change, but the general view is that this would look silly.

[NickFaulks]

Perhaps the most noticeable absent thing is whether the recommendations suggested will be accepted by FIDE. Does anyone know what the procedure is for changing the rating system?

What a strange thing to say. We shall find out in Tallinn, where the EB will need to be convinced before they vote on it. The Council's recommendation hasn't even been accepted by the full QC yet.