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Standard:
 Club Championship 2009

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 Kings Gambit

NZCF Ratings:

July 2008



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NZCF# Name M/ship NZCF
Std
NCC
Std
NZCF
Rapid
NCC
Blitz
(..) Atkin, Bryn Junior -- -- -- 983*(6)
(..) Carr, Ian Adult -- 1198*(5) -- 1009*(6)
(..) Carr, Jesse Junior -- 973*(5) -- 1219*(6)
5604 Churton, Doug Adult 1617 1610 1594 1540
(..) Churton, Joe Junior -- -- -- 500
(..) Culling, Gerry Adult -- -- -- 1206*(4)
(..) Culling, Oscar Junior -- -- -- 1119*(3)
(..) Dowdle, Russell Adult -- -- -- 1248*(6)
(..) Dowdle, Shaun Junior -- -- -- 843*(3)
6144 Hockley, John Senior -- 1149 1188* 1176
6020 Maclaren, Piers Adult 1485* 1419 1615* 1483
3072 Nijman, Arie Senior 1734 1608 1674 1734
(..) Norriss, Braden Junior -- --
(..) Norriss, Rhys Junior -- -- 1378*(2)
(..) Pearce, Ben Junior -- 1142*(5) -- 1171
(..) Pearce, Stephen Adult -- 1194 -- 1163
5835 Pearson, Brian Senior -- 1465 1392 1397
5681 Stringer, Scott Adult 1657* 1491 1619 1539
6019 van den Bergh, Bob Adult 1689 1601 1612 1568
(..) Whitham, Stuart Adult -- 1399*(6) -- 1489
(..) Whitham, Holly Junior -- -- -- 1018*(4)
(..) Williams, Jack Junior -- 1002*(9) -- 752
(..) Williams, Mark Adult -- 1253 -- 1305
(..) Wright, Grant Adult -- -- -- 825*(7)
(..) Wright, Hanley Junior -- -- -- 1219*(6)
(..) Wright, Leyton Junior -- -- -- 910*(1)
(..) Wright, Warwick Junior -- -- -- 1076*(7)



Definitions:

  • * Denotes provisional rating (number if rated games in brackets)
  • NZCF = New Zealand Chess Federation
  • NCC = North Canterbury Chess club rating
  • NZCF Std - Games played at a minimum time allowance of ______
  • NZCF Rapid - Games with a total time of 15-60 minutes/player
  • NCC Std - Games with a total time of 30 minutes/player or more
  • NCC Blitz - Games with a total time limit of less than 30 minutes/player


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Why does NCC have different ratings to NZCF?

Some of our players do not compete in the larger, nationally rated events, but they like to keep tabs on their playing strength. With our internal ratings they can do just that.

The NZCF ratings now appear three times a year. But there can be a delay between games played and the new ratings appearing.

With our own ratings we can release a new rating list after each event. Members can check out their new ratings online a day or two after the event for immediate gratification (or not!).


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How do we rate our players?

Blitz Ratings

Blitz games are timed at less than 30 minutes per player per game.

If a player is unrated at Blitz, we use a simple formula to assign them a Provisional Blitz rating.   Provisional Blitz ratings persist until 12 games have been completed against fully rated Blitz opponents.   After these games have been completed, a provisional rating loses it's provisional status and becomes a full NCC Blitz rating.

The formulae we use to calculate provisional ratings are:


Unrated Provisional Formula
Provisional Formula

Players competing against Unrated or Provisionally rated players do not have their rating adjusted.  The game is considered "unrated" as far as they are concerned.

If a player has a NZCF Rapid rating, we will use that as their NCC Blitz rating.

Players with full NCC Blitz ratings have their rating adjusted using the Swedish rating system, where the difference in rating between two fully rated players and the result dictate how many rating points a player gains or loses for each game rated.  

This table shows how full NCC Blitz ratings are recalculated after each game:


Swedish Rating table

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Standard Ratings

Standard games are played at 30 minutes or more per player per game.

NCC Standard ratings are calculated using the USCF rating system.

If a player has no Standard rating, we use the same formulae as detailed above in the Blitz section to calculate a players Provisional Standard rating.

Provisional Standard ratings are calculated differently from full Standard ratings to allow a "normalization" of the rating, which occurs after several games.

If a player has a NZCF standard rating, we will use that as their Provisional Standard rating and credit 6 games towards a full standard rating.

Full Standard ratings are adjusted by calculating the win/loss probability (based on the difference between the players' ratings) vs. actual result.



Rating Floors

At no time, shall any players NCC rating descend below 500 points.   This is considered the absolute minimum rating a player may have if they are able to competently play the game of chess.


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