01 Jan 07
Originally posted by stevetoddYup, somewhere around 2000 would be about right.
But isn't a 163 bcf equivelent to about 2000? for example the forthcoming Brentwood International Chess Congress tournament masters section is limited to a min 150 grade (and they say that is 1800 ). I would therefore expect your cc rating to be about 2200. You must almost treat this as playing otb.
But then I don't play to my full potential on here, I play too fast, play too many games, don't analyse properly etc. etc.
Your BCF rating would appear to be the equivalent of 1500 ELO, and your rating here is in excess of 2000. Good going!
01 Jan 07
Originally posted by saffa73Yeah I have worked too much at cc (it isn't enjoyable to me anymore) but also I have only just started playing otb and my otb rating is based on only 9 games (and I blundered badly in 2 of them):
Yup, somewhere around 2000 would be about right.
But then I don't play to my full potential on here, I play too fast, play too many games, don't analyse properly etc. etc.
Your BCF rating would appear to be the equivalent of 1500 ELO, and your rating here is in excess of 2000. Good going!
Won against 120 and 118
Drew with 113, 115 and 104 (blundered)
Lost to 141, 114, 106 and 97 (blundered)
Unfortunately unless I have a good second season it won't get any better next year either because I entered a tournament in the summer and lost twice to a 10 year old who was graded 27!!!!! He didn't play like a 27 though as he also beat my fellow player from Dorking as well, I guess he just improved rapidly?? the annoying thing was I had him stone cold beat in one game and switched off so much that I was watching the games on the next table, then made the most horrendous blunder. I think based on games within the club my true rating is about 110, but I think it will be some time before it gets there. So I am way behind you, do you know Joe Skielnik? he was a fellow qs colleague of mine and plays for Wimbledon
01 Jan 07
Originally posted by stevetoddYeah, it can be tough to get back into OTB after playing online!
Yeah I have worked too much at cc (it isn't enjoyable to me anymore) but also I have only just started playing otb and my otb rating is based on only 9 games (and I blundered badly in 2 of them):
Won against 120 and 118
Drew with 113, 115 and 104 (blundered)
Lost to 141, 114, 106 and 97 (blundered)
Unfortunately unless I have a good second season i ...[text shortened]... d you, do you know Joe Skielnik? he was a fellow qs colleague of mine and plays for Wimbledon
Don't know Joe, but there are a fair few Wimbledon players I don't know yet, have only been there a short while.
My rating this season is looking like slipping back a bit too, prob to about 158 ish at the mo.
Drew with 138 & 105 and lost to 150!
01 Jan 07
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Originally posted by saffa73I never used to play otb that was my first season ever, In the first game I found it so distracting having to write the moves down and keep hitting the clock, it's second nature now but it was awkward for about the first 5 games. I also found out that my endgame was hopeless as I had relied upon the analyse board facility too much to work things out exactly, all of a sudden I couldn't do it, that remains my failing in otb games, but not as bad as it was
Yeah, it can be tough to get back into OTB after playing online!
Don't know Joe, but there are a fair few Wimbledon players I don't know yet, have only been there a short while.
My rating this season is looking like slipping back a bit too, prob to about 158 ish at the mo.
Drew with 138 & 105 and lost to 150!
01 Jan 07
Originally posted by stevetoddHow long have you been playing?
I never used to play otb that was my first season ever, In the first game I found it so distracting having to write the moves down and keep hitting the clock, it's second nature now but it was awkward for about the first 5 games. I also found out that my endgame was hopeless as I had relied upon the analyse board facility too much to work things out exactl ...[text shortened]... l of a sudden I couldn't do it, that remains my failing in otb games, but not as bad as it was
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01 Jan 07
Originally posted by stevetoddECF 163 = ELO 2065 on latest conversion formula.
But isn't a 163 bcf equivelent to about 2000? for example the forthcoming Brentwood International Chess Congress tournament masters section is limited to a min 150 grade (and they say that is 1800 ). I would therefore expect your cc rating to be about 2200. You must almost treat this as playing otb.
01 Jan 07
Originally posted by saffa73Well, that's the thing about ratings... they have not choice to do anything but expand. Here at RHP, I think the top ratings were a crazy 17 to 19 hundred just before I got here, and they increased to 21... now I guess they're near 23 or 24 hundred?
lol they keep changing the bleeding conversion, I used to be 1904 now I'm 2065 lol
There was a time I was rated in top 500... Crazy, man.
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01 Jan 07
Originally posted by saffa73Sorry to pure cc players (I'm sure that I am at the extreme level due to the time I put in on analysis) but I judge my chess ability by otb, in the world of otb I am so far behind saffa yet here I actually have a rating advantage! That tells me I have to get out of cc I am at the extreme level of self delusion. I am living in a dream world!
lol they keep changing the bleeding conversion, I used to be 1904 now I'm 2065 lol
01 Jan 07
Originally posted by saffa73Your rating went up 161 ovenight.
lol they keep changing the bleeding conversion, I used to be 1904 now I'm 2065 lol
You must be che@ting!
01 Jan 07
Originally posted by Dragon FireThose BCF rating conversions seem very inaccurate to me.
Your rating went up 161 ovenight.
You must be che@ting!
Just completely inane how often and how drastically they change. It seems that they used to be too low, now they look way too high.
01 Jan 07
Originally posted by cmsMasterChess Scotland appear to still use the old conversion formula. That's a relief for me as I'm planning to play there in June and don't want my rating putting up by 300-400 points.
Those BCF rating conversions seem very inaccurate to me.
Just completely inane how often and how drastically they change. It seems that they used to be too low, now they look way too high.
03 Jan 07
Originally posted by HFRorbisBleeding hard to raise your ELO by claiming timeout wins lol.
while we are it there are players who raise their elo only owing to "timeouts wins"
I played with BaNaNaBoY who won almost all of his games like this
he seems to check the clock in order to win when his opponents are away
very strange
You might raise your RHP rating by doing that...