Playing Among Masters

One of the strangest aspects of my career record:

against 2300s:  5+ 5- 1=

against 2200s:  2+ 10- 8=

(And the first master I ever played was a 2300--DeFirmian--so it's not like it's simply a matter of me being a better player when I played all those 2300s.)

Yeah, I don't understand how the getting of a FIDE rating works myself. I actually have a FIDE ID, with like 50 FIDE games recognized, but there is no rating listed. I thought I did qualify last tournament I played, because I played 3 FIDE rated players, scoring 1.5 in total against those three, but, I guess that's not good enough . But then my usual TD says that I do in fact have one. Maybe there is a hidden rating I have, but it just doesn't get revealed until I meet some requirement, because again, it does recognize that I have FIDE rated games.

Update: It looks like, in comparison to the last time I checked, I do get credit for that tournament, but apparently I still have more to do, as I am still listed as unrated. Perhaps you have to get three "FIDE Player" norms?

lol, I bet they do.

I just got back from the tournament, and I scored three out of nine points! I'll post the games later, but here's the general run-down:

I got one full-point bye after someone dropped out in the last round, four draws, and four losses. Unfortunately, I drew the other FIDE unrated player (USCF 1800), but I also drew a USCF 2065 and two FMs. My four losses were all against 2300+ level players, but I put up good resistance (sometimes).

Overall, it was a pretty good tournament, and my USCF rating went up from 1902 to 1911.

Congrats

drawing two FMs is great man, congrats

Yeah, cool.

Where did you place in the standings?

post a couple games please?

@rooperi: I got 16/19th, but I was ranked second-to-last when the tournament began.

@henryT: Like I said, I'll post some later. I've got to do schoolwork right now, though.