Rule Change: 2100 Rating Cap Implemented

The Board Administration has been in talks for a very long time about a potential rating cap after the announcement that Season 3 would not have a rating cap in a transition to a new IHSA format. However, after months of discussion and hearing out Raburn Series teams, we believed that it was fair to implement a rating cap.

As of 4/4/2020, all teams will be required to field a team with their #1-8 having an average of at most 2100 by chess.com blitz rating. All players will have to have at least 10 chess.com blitz games played. All team managers/representatives who manage their team must ensure that their top 8's average is at most 2100. A rough estimate is adequate. Although this rating cap on all teams will be required, this will not be mathematically enforced and ratings will not be tracked. However, an investigation of a team may be instigated in suspicion of not following this guideline and is subject to potential suspension from the League. Teams who wish to submit a lineup again because of this change can do so by simply resubmitting a form for Team Registration. All teams at registration will go through a check by the Board Administration to make sure that the team follows guideline.

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