Maybe because he was born in England (Aldershot) https://translate.google.co.uk/translat ... rev=searchJonathan Rogers wrote:how did Michael Rahal, who as far as I know only played once in England (Lloyds Nank Masters 1994), become ENG on the FIDE list?
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2016 was in General (as was the previous year).Matt Mackenzie wrote:Yes, this did occur to me as well.......JustinHorton wrote:Just asking - do we normally do the BCF in this particular sub-forum?
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Steven Jones is today's victim of the Swiss Manager pairing system.
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There is no "Swiss Manager pairing system"! Do you mean the Swiss System or has the draw been created manually?NickFaulks wrote:Steven Jones is today's victim of the Swiss Manager pairing system.
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That's really useful information. I had Rahal listed here:Brian Towers wrote:An excellent question.Jonathan Rogers wrote:how did Michael Rahal, who as far as I know only played once in England (Lloyds Nank Masters 1994), become ENG on the FIDE list? Stewart Reuben once said on this forum that he would mail him to find out, but I don't believe that a satisfactory answer was ever reported back.
His first three appearances on FIDE lists (July 1992, January 1993, July 1993) have him as ESP (Spain). From January 1994 on he appears as ENG.
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2165
But I didn't have a note about him switching from ESP to ENG. I wonder if there are any other federation transfers not noted yet in that list (of British Isles titles achieved between 1950 and 2010)?
Am still not sure if this later list (of titles achieved since 2010) is up-to-date now or not:
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6531
I think some of the update are on later pages in that thread, so the main listing (last edited 05/01/2015) needs updating. The updates are there, just not edited into the listing yet...
Might be a good point to speculate on which players are most likely to, or need to get, various norms from these Championships (or indeed rating increases to gain rating conditional titles)?
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It looks like the "non-English" pairing system they are usingNickFaulks wrote:Steven Jones is today's victim of the Swiss Manager pairing system.
Lower down Elliot Cocks is playing Ravi Haria, it would have been Michael Ashworth, but since Elliot had already played Daniel Gallagher he was moved down
I prefer this methodology of down-floating since it doing exactly what it sets out to acheive, trying to get rid of the outlier on the higher score pairing against the strongest below; if anything it also has an indirect affect on his average rating helping norm chances as well
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I suppose he means the system endorsed by FIDE which floats the highest rated player in a lower score group to face the lowest rated player in a higher score group. But then Swiss systems do this even within the same score group. Beat a higher rated player and you might get an even higher rated player next round.Adam Raoof wrote: There is no "Swiss Manager pairing system"! Do you mean the Swiss System or has the draw been created manually?
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James Adair is only a handful of rating points away from the GM title.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Might be a good point to speculate on which players are most likely to, or need to get, various norms from these Championships (or indeed rating increases to gain rating conditional titles)?
According to his father, William Claridge-Hansen has left school and is intending to take a gap year as a Norm seeker.
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I mean the version of the Swiss System applied by Swiss Manager. In early rounds, this produces games where the rating difference is fairly standard, except where there are floats and the difference is typically doubled.Adam Raoof wrote:There is no "Swiss Manager pairing system"! Do you mean the Swiss System or has the draw been created manually?
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It looks like he needs 19 points to get over 2500; if he wins today I suspect he needs another 10 or so ratings pointsRoger de Coverly wrote:James Adair is only a handful of rating points away from the GM title
With K=10; 6 draws against higher rated players may get him these points; but it is more likely he will need a couple of 2500+ wins to make it a certainty (he can be virtually over which may help his cause)
20 points to gain with k=10 is quite a large number, especially when already at 2481; most probably that would be a GM norm
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He scored 4.5/5 at the 4NCL Congress at Wokefield Park, earlier in July. I don't know whether that gained him any points.Alan Walton wrote: It looks like he needs 19 points to get over 2500; if he wins today I suspect he needs another 10 or so ratings points
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Looking at his results there; wins against 2017, 2125, 1776, 2267 and a draw against 2391; without actually checking I suspect the first 3 wins gain him about 3 points, and possibly counteract the draw, so he would be holding about 4/5 points maxRoger de Coverly wrote:He scored 4.5/5 at the 4NCL Congress at Wokefield Park, earlier in July. I don't know whether that gained him any points.Alan Walton wrote: It looks like he needs 19 points to get over 2500; if he wins today I suspect he needs another 10 or so ratings points
So my early prediction is pretty similar
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I guess his plan was to clear out the rust.
Do we know if he definitely only needs the rating? I'm not sure how norms get approved - in advance or at the time of the application
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The 4NCL seemed to think it was only a matter of rating.Paul Cooksey wrote: Do we know if he definitely only needs the rating? I'm not sure how norms get approved - in advance or at the time of the application
https://twitter.com/4NCL/status/726732898729123840
I believe you can apply for a title conditional on rating, but not essential. There's some form of deadline for recording Norms with FIDE. You may recall Lawrence Cooper hunting down all the Norm results from many years ago.
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I don't think it is the job of the Swiss System to single out one individual who is outperforming ( half the time, when there is an odd-numbered group ) and try to "get rid of" them. Nor to single out one conspicuous underperformer and try to give them a free point. If that is really what you want, then do it properly and accelerate.Alan Walton wrote:I prefer this methodology of down-floating since it doing exactly what it sets out to acheive, trying to get rid of the outlier on the higher score pairing against the strongest below
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