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Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
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Re: Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
Thanks Brendan and Chris for photos
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Re: Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
And for my outright 1st place I gained precicely 0.1 of a rating point, while sharing 1st with one other, at the Simon Bartlett Memorial, cost me 5.9Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:16 pmChris Strong implied there would be another one in his opening comments to Round 5. The organizers did a great job. Keith Arkell won with 4.5/5, drawing in the last round to Supratit Banerjee (who doubtless was prouder of that than his other played draw), second on 4 were Oleksandr Matlak (Wells), and Pengxiao Zhu (Devon).
I must keep reminding myself that I am a name, not a number
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"And for my outright 1st place I gained precicely 0.1 of a rating point"
that does seem a bit harsh!
I notice that I seem to be higher seeded these days than when I played tournaments when I was rated 200 points higher. People rated 2300 - 2000 don't seem to play much.
that does seem a bit harsh!
I notice that I seem to be higher seeded these days than when I played tournaments when I was rated 200 points higher. People rated 2300 - 2000 don't seem to play much.
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Re: Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
Possibly also because those 2300-2000 rateds who have remained active have been dragged down by numerous games v the excessively underrated kids we encounter these days.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:21 pm
I notice that I seem to be higher seeded these days than when I played tournaments when I was rated 200 points higher. People rated 2300 - 2000 don't seem to play much.
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Re: Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
I would like to think you're right and it's not down to old age/senility.Keith Arkell wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:35 amPossibly also because those 2300-2000 rateds who have remained active have been dragged down by numerous games v the excessively underrated kids we encounter these days.
My next tournament starts on Saturday and, with the current entry list, I can look forward to playing an 11 or 12 year old rated 1603. The 260-ish points uplift his rating got in March makes no difference at all to me because he's still rated more than 400 points below me.