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Ratings EN PLAYERS U , • America ~ Chejj newdpaper Copy right 1956 by Unlhld SI.!It e. ChHS Federation Vo l. X, No. 18 Sunday , May 20, 1956 15 Cents . • FI RANKING AC­ TOP·RANKING AC­ National Chess Ratings EN PLAYERS U. S. PLAYERS RlIUkillg List No. 10 Shuws Effe ct of l'erjonnflHccs ..... ..... -... ..... ..... ..... ... ill CO/ltests lIeld duriHg the Yellr 1955 ,. .... ..... ..... ... By KENNETH HARKNESS ..... .. .. .... u seF R~fi"g Slali$lici"u ,.•• .. .. ..... .._. In this issue we publish the tenth national chess rating list. The ,.•• ..... players whose names appear in this list have competed in rated contests w. -.... .... ... .. ..... .. ... held during the calendar year 1955. With [our exceptions, perfo,rmances "n .. in tournaments ending aiter December 31st, 1955, were not mcl~ded .... .... .... ... 14. , [o~r exc~ptlO~: ". --... .. .. , when computing the averages for the current list. (The 15. the Rosenwald Tropny Tournament, the Tennessee Open ChampIOnship, the Greater .M iami Championship, and the Natchitoches Chess Club Cham­ players national titles in accord· points will be demoted imme· pionship.) ance with their methods of classi· diately. • Previously rated players who did not take part in 1955 tournaments fication. The systems used in Great We shaH contintte to ignore the or matches are considered inactive and their names are not published. Britain and Canada are based on performances of masters in co n· the numerical ratings developed by (An exception is made in th_e case of inactive masters. for the reasons tests that do not meet the require­ this writer and adopted by the ments of master play. As stated in explllincd below.) Tournament directors who wi~b to. find t h~ l ate ~t USCF in 1950. Germany has its paragraph 3 of the USCF National ratings of inactive players should consult the previOUS lISts, pubhshed III Chess Life as follows: "lngo" system which is similar to Rating Regulations, the perform· List No. 1.. ........ ...................... ............. ............ ........... ................. ........... November 20, 1950. our own in some re~pects, although ances of a master affect his avcr· List No_ 2 ... ........................: ..... .......... ............... ..... ....•....•....•.••......•. .. .............M arch 5, 1951. the two methods were produced age rating only wIlen he competes L!st No. 3 ............... ..... ............... ........ ..... ..... ..... .. ... ..... ...... ............................ October j ' ~;~J' LI st No. 4 .......... ................. .. ........... .... .......... .. .................. ... ..... ............ ... _... •. .Mar ch , . independently of each other. in tournaments and matches which List No. 6 ... .......... .......... ..... ............ ... ... .. ..... .......... ....... ..... ... ..... .... ........ ...........M ay 20, 1951. It is not our intention to make it meet the following conditions: List No. 7 ........ ...... ........ ........................... ...................... ... ..... ..... .......... Decambe r '} 1951. List No. B .. .. ....... ................................... ... ... .......... ............................ ................ June s' 1;54. too ensy to become a U.S. Mastel'. (a) All games must be played LLst No. 9 ........ ..... ........... .... .................... .. ... ... ....... .. ..... ... .. .......................... _.. _... May , 55. If the minimum requirement is with clocks and the time limit must It will be noted that we have been unable to maintain the schedule made too low, the title becomes not exceed on aver age of 20 moves , of semi·annual publication during the past two years. Wh ile this is re- meaningless and farcical. It may be pCI' hour. The total period of play I grettable. circumstances have made it impossible for us to do the neces+ noted, however, that only 39 active for any session must not exceed f-- ....,, ~. ,. ,,.-, ;,. It takes abot!t three months to prepa:'C a l'ating list for pub. player::, out of a total of abnut 3200 £i.e hnurs. lieation. Your Rating Statistician can no longer devote so much time to in the current rating list, have (b) Not more than oQe round labor for which he receives no compensation. Unless a solution is found, earned average ratings of between may be played in anyone day. we may be fo rced to publish lists annually, instead of semi.anoually. 2200 and 2299 points. About half (c) All games must be played to New Classifications Adopted of these men formerly had r atings a finish during the course of the of 2300 points 01' over, but have contest. To make our classifications conform more closely to the standards faHen off lately. We cannot feel, used in some conntries of Europe and eh;ewhere. we have lowered by However, the followi ng scntence therefore, that we have lower ed is now added to this regulation: 100 points the minimum and maximum requirements for each category. our standards too much. In the current list, and until further notice, our classifications are as If, during the twclve months follows: We believe that the recognition prior to the closing date of a rat­ Grandmaster .......... ... ....... ... .. ... .. .. .. .... ....... ..... ........ ......... ... ... .. .. .. _.. _.... ....... 2601) of 2200·up players as Mas ters will ing list, a master does no t com­ Senior Master ...... .. ......... ... ..... .... .............. ..... _.. ............... .... ..... ...........2 400 to be beneficial to chess in ge neral. Master ............. ... .. ... .. ..... .......... .. ............. _.... ... ........... .......... ....... .. .......... .2200 to pete in any contest which meets Exp ert .. .. ...................................... .......... ........ ..............._ ... ....................._ .2000 to Attention will be focussed on the the standards of master play, as Class A .... ...... .. .......... ..... ........ ... .. .. ..... ... ..... ... ....... ..... ..... ....... .... ................1600 to strongest players in some areas Class B ......... ..... ........ ...... ....... .. _.. ....... _.. .................. ....... .. ... ... ... ....... ....... 1600 to described above, his perfor mance CL ass C ................ ........ ............................. ..... .................. .. ..... ... ........ .... ... 8eLow without previous repr esentation in ratings in other events wiH be in· the master class. Players may now cluded when computing his cur· Hitherto, our standards for rec­ whose USCF ratings are below seek the tiUe of Mastel' with new ognition as a master have been 2300 poin ts. On the other hand, rent average rating. ambition and enthusiasm, without This means that a master can· higher than those of many other Russia has a tough qualification feeling that they have to meet countries. Therc arc players r eo system which makes it extremely not retain his rank for morc than standards too difficult of achieve· one year by mer ely playing in garded as masters abroad (and a difficult for a player to r each the ment. In any case, we feel sure that few FIDE "International Masters") master rank. He has to work his week-end tournaments and other this change wm make the rating contests intended mainly for no n· way up through five classes, make system mO!'e popular than ever! a good enougb showing as a first masters. He must confirm his rat· U. S. JUNIOR And this is as it should be, for a ing by competing in at least one categol'Y player to be accepted as popular rating system creates con· CHAMPIONSHIP tournament 0 1' match meeting the a MastCI' Candidate, then turn in tests, incrcases the number of en­ required standards of master play. a 45% score in an all·master tour­ tries in tournaments, develops JlI ly 1-7, 1956 Provisional Ratings Philadelphia, Pa. nament, 01' up to 75% in a tourna­ strong players, improves the qual· ment with only a few non.masters. ity of play in general, adds zest A player's rating does not be· and inter est to competitive chess. come accurate until he has com­ It is nahu'a] t.ha t the USSR has peted in enough tour na ments to the strictest of aU qualification sys­ New Regulations Governing Master Competition provide an average representing tems. for there are probably more his true strength. In pllrticulllr, the strong players in Russia than in Now that we have lowered the rating of a player who has taken all of thc rest of the wor ld co m. minimum requirement of the mas· part in only one rated contest may bined. In countries with fewe r tel' class, we have revised our reg­ be wide of the mark. An asterisk powerful players, it is the custom ulations governing the publication (Please turn to page 2, co l. 3) to qualify (or nominate) the strong. of master ratings and the condi­ est tournament contestants as na­ tions uncleI' whit-h a master may tional masters. There is no harm in compete hors de concours in a can­ this practice, so long as it is un. test wh ich does not meet certain U. S. OPEN derstood that the titles . are na. standards. CHAMPIONSH I P tional and do not necessar ily rep· In the past, we have r etained in resent the strength of these play· the master class, for six months, ers in international competition. a player whose rating feU slightly JIIly 16-28, 1956 Several countries have adopted below 2300 points. In future, a mas­ Oklahoma Citl}, Okla. ranking systems and give their ter whose rating goes below 2200 • NATIONAL CHESS RATINGS USCF RATING CERTIFICATE (Continued from page one, column four) after a player's rating in the Jist ly difficult for Reshevsky to im­ indicntes that he has played in only prove his rating. But if
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