Obtaining the first non-zero grade

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IvanB
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Obtaining the first non-zero grade

Post by IvanB » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:05 am

A player has started to rapidplay this year (12 games) and has got a 0 grade in the summer grading (actual grade was -6). His performance in the 2nd half of calendar 2007 alone (12 games again) was about 50. The question is: will only the scores achieved in the 2nd half be taken into account for his grading published in January or the first half of 2007 will still be used and his grading be the average of the 24 games :?:

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Post by Howard Grist » Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:15 pm

Normally all his games would be counted as he has played less than 30 games. However, if a player's initial event performances are below zero, these are ignored when calculating his grade.

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Post by IvanB » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:15 am

Thanks for that. It implies that only the games of the last 6 months will be taken into account. Given the following (from ECF website):

"For juniors under the age of 18, an enhancement is added to their Grade to take into account their expected improvement over the year. This enhancement is six points for juniors of age 15 to 17, eight for juniors of age 11 to 14, and ten for juniors under the age of 11. The enhancement is added after all calculations are done, and is included in the published Grade. "

does it mean that the enhancement is only half of what is mentioned above for a 6 month performance, as would seem logical (less expected improvement over 6 months than over 12)?

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Post by Howard Grist » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:10 pm

In the absence of any analysis, the enhancement to rapidplay grades is calculated as you describe. This issue will be looked at, and no duobt some new rules formulated, for the July list.

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