How a 483 elo became a Co State Champion

Is it worth noting that the "483" is still u600 and has been since the tournament after his first when he received an initial rating of 611?

I suppose you could say that if the pairings were done correctly this wouldn't happen, but then what about when losing generates a higher rated opponent and winning generates a lower one?

Round 1 - Loss against 1074 USCF

Round 2 - Win against 1531 USCF

Round 3 - Win against 555 USCF

Round 4 - Win against 737 USCF

Round 5 - Win against 1512 USCF

Kids ratings are so weird.

I don't understand how you can lose to a 1000 then beat two 1500s.

Vs 1000 you should be a knight up practically out of the opening.

That usually IS the case but for some reason I performed better losing that game than I would have had I won that game, or so it seems.

The pairings I gave weren't kids ratings either...

Oh sorry!

I thought you were talking about the OP. I didn't realize these were your results.

It seems silly that they could not manually create the pairings. I mean, doing 18 by hand takes at most 5 minutes.

Organizers and supporters of kid's chess are great, but sometimes they're pretty clueless about the game itself (running a tournament included).

blobby12 wrote:

I did play to answer isaacthebird. Played in 11th grade and won first.

Congratulations! Did you have any tough games?

1000s aren't quite that bad.

Better not happen again this year!

I predict an easy repeat win by the that kid. I see great potential there.

Benjamin Leatherwood, it appears, has lost interest in chess, nt playing for 2 years  Too bad, the guy had such promise.