I'm guessing that those norms will not extend to the Online rating pool for the slow one. Though I guess it is possible they'll add online versions of them.
Norms in 2020
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Martin_Stahl wrote:
I'm guessing that those norms will not extend to the Online rating pool for the slow one. Though I guess it is possible they'll add online versions of them.
I suppose it depends on how the pandemic turns out. Things are starting to look bad again, with new cases on the rise. Maybe we are in it for the long haul... idk. Chess might look rather different for a while. I'm sad about the Candidates Tourney...
And probably the World Championship as well.
What is a norm
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sparshg wrote:
What is a norm
Basically it's a performance level in a specific event. You have to play at least four games and have at least a certain performance against your opponents based on their rating versus yours.
The following Mark Glickman article explains it.
http://www.glicko.net/ratings/titles.pdf
judahworrell wrote:
So, I'm 37, trying to be a responsible citizen with social distancing and all that. Naturally, this has caused a renewed interest in chess, particularly renewing my lapsed USCF membership (lapsed by over a decade lol). I have noticed that pretty much all OTB events for the year, at least in my area, have been canceled or postponed. And this has led to a surge of Rated USCF tournaments in the online category. Which makes me curious. I was reading about how norms and titles are acquired and the USCF website states that they must be acquired in Regular rated (not dual rated) tournaments. I guess this does not apply to the newly formed Regular Online rated category of tournaments? If this is the case, I fully understand the reason for it, probably harder to protect against cheating. I was just hoping to be able to chase some of the lower level category 4 and category 3 stuff as a goal/milestone. Ultimately not a big deal, and I guess I can wait for the global pandemic to subside before worrying about all that. I was just curious.
Since online ratings are very new, perhaps they will add the norm idea for regular online play at some point. Since regular online games literally just started, likely driven earlier than ever planned by COVID, they need to get bugs worked out on the play, rating, tournament directing, etc. aspects before worrying about something like the norms. Would be nice if they do that for online though.
OhioRook59 wrote:
Since online ratings are very new, perhaps they will add the norm idea for regular online play at some point. Since regular online games literally just started, likely driven earlier than ever planned by COVID, they need to get bugs worked out on the play, rating, tournament directing, etc. aspects before worrying about something like the norms. Would be nice if they do that for online though.
Fair enough, that makes sense. One good idea I have seen is that some of more serious online tournaments are requiring people to be in zoom with a sideways facing cam, so they can monitor the screen and the player. I think that is probably the best way to ensure fair play in order for things like norms to be meaningful online. Still, I think most people willing to pay for rated tournaments are serious about improvement and not faking there rating, but I could be wrong about that.
Fair enough, that makes sense. One good idea I have seen is that some of more serious online tournaments are requiring people to be in zoom with a sideways facing cam, so they can monitor the screen and the player. I think that is probably the best way to ensure fair play in order for things like norms to be meaningful online. Still, I think most people willing to pay for rated tournaments are serious about improvement and not faking there rating, but I could be wrong about that.
So, I'm 37, trying to be a responsible citizen with social distancing and all that. Naturally, this has caused a renewed interest in chess, particularly renewing my lapsed USCF membership (lapsed by over a decade lol). I have noticed that pretty much all OTB events for the year, at least in my area, have been canceled or postponed. And this has led to a surge of Rated USCF tournaments in the online category. Which makes me curious. I was reading about how norms and titles are acquired and the USCF website states that they must be acquired in Regular rated (not dual rated) tournaments. I guess this does not apply to the newly formed Regular Online rated category of tournaments? If this is the case, I fully understand the reason for it, probably harder to protect against cheating. I was just hoping to be able to chase some of the lower level category 4 and category 3 stuff as a goal/milestone. Ultimately not a big deal, and I guess I can wait for the global pandemic to subside before worrying about all that. I was just curious.