15-10-2011, 10:25 AM
I'm going to kill this argument for juniors to be graded twice a year here and now. It has no effect to their grade.
I have run various iterations through the computer using last years and the previous years data and it has next to no effect.
The Junior addition and 200 up rule protects the adults by giving and additional boost but there would be little to no effect if we were to grade it twice a year.
This surprised me as I was always of the belief that we would see a grater rate of improvement. Looks like not for the first time, FIDE have it wrong...
I have run various iterations through the computer using last years and the previous years data and it has next to no effect.
The Junior addition and 200 up rule protects the adults by giving and additional boost but there would be little to no effect if we were to grade it twice a year.
This surprised me as I was always of the belief that we would see a grater rate of improvement. Looks like not for the first time, FIDE have it wrong...
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"