Yuree's got something basically wrong.
The prize money is divided by people who have the same score regardless of tie-breaks. At the Chess Congress, 1st overall gets a $100 bonus, but that's a bonus. You don't lose prize money because you beat lower rated players.
I worried about my ratings only once in a tournament, when I was close to making master. I should have worried about my opponents and my chess because it was also one of my worst tournament performances ever.
Focus on winning the game in front of you and the ratings will take care of themselves.
I worried about my ratings only once in a tournament, when I was close to making master. I should have worried about my opponents and my chess because it was also one of my worst tournament performances ever.
Focus on winning the game in front of you and the ratings will take care of themselves.
As soon as you start playing the rating and not the board, thats when youre in trouble.
Whats wrong playing lower rated? Easy point, right? If is not easy then you don't deserve your rating (unless guy is underrated) And also you are geting higher in standings.
If you face high rated then good, you will learn. If you face lower rated then good again, easy point. If you want face all high rated go open section.
AIM-AceMove wrote:
Whats wrong playing lower rated? Easy point, right? If is not easy then you don't deserve your rating (unless guy is underrated) And also you are geting higher in standings.
If you face high rated then good, you will learn. If you face lower rated then good again, easy point. If you want face all high rated go open section.
There is no easy rating point, once a player underestimate a player he or she is in trouble. I will agree with you if it is a money tournament I will welcome a low-rated player, but since I am not a chess professional I am playing for rating points, and I also enjoy playing among my peers or higher, beating a low-rated player means less rating points. Those who say they are not worry about rating points usually have nothing to lose, they low-rated anyway. Once you get to expert level and especially at a chess club, you normally playing down and there is some stress in this; you have to beat everyone below your rating. What you say is low-rated player have this opinion that being high rated will be a walk in park, some of my hardest games are low-rated, they try harder to beat you. I will like to add you learn from playing low-rated players and higher- rated players, some experience are painful and others are rewarding.
Diakonia wrote: While i understand what you are saying, dpnorman has a right to play in any section he wants. If someone does not want to play a lower rated player simply because it can possibly affect there rating/prize money/finish, then play up. He and no other player is obligated not to play up because it may inconvience a higer rated player. I would imagine the point of chess is to have fun.
You correct that dpnorman has a right to play in a in a higher section but he is playing in a expert section and it will effect everyone rating and some expert will have an easy point. Dpnorman will benefit more if he plays his peers, if he can't dominating his peers, he won't go to the next level. It be the same for an expert, if he or she can't regularly beat other experts they will never become a masters.
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You correct that dpnorman has a right to play in a in a higher section but he is playing in a expert section and it will effect everyone rating and some expert will have an easy point. ...
You say you've read the last few pages, but then you write stuff like this.
Re-read what dpnorman has said.
Diakonia wrote:
@ SmyslovFan, I did, I am venting on some of the unjustice going on chess tournament, not on dfnorman. I was once pair against 1200 uscf in my chess club the first round, I gain no rating point when I did beat him but he could of gain 32 points, I should of took a bye. I won all my games,playing the 1200 uscf effected my rating gain, I am still mad at this.
Would the additional 32 points make oyu a better person than you are now? Would losing 32 points make you a worse person than you are now? of course not. At club events that is what goes on at times. If you are the better player, then prove it, and dont make excuses.
lol I don't gain 32 rating points any more, those days are over; I can lose 32 points. Maybe one day I enter a FIDE tournament in Europe, it will be nice to be unratd again and climb up the ladder, I don't think FIDE will credit my uscf expert rating. I can relax and play chess, and let the high-rated players have the stress. 
Even though I've always been pessimistic about how I will continue to improve as I get older, I have to say, regardless of age, 32 rating points is not that much and if you just play in enough tournaments eventually you will gain that much or more. I've had several tournaments gaining 60+. I had a friend gain 198 in one tournament, and another gain 216. And the second one is 24 years old. So for one tournament anything can happen.
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SmyslovFan wrote:
I worried about my ratings only once in a tournament, when I was close to making master. I should have worried about my opponents and my chess because it was also one of my worst tournament performances ever.
Focus on winning the game in front of you and the ratings will take care of themselves.
You are also an expert. I am sure if you were playing a low-rated player in a rook and endgame,and if it is equal and he ask for a draw you will declined it but if it is a high-rated expert or master you will accept it; so we all playing according to rating.
dpnorman wrote:
Even though I've always been pessimistic about how I will continue to improve as I get older, I have to say, regardless of age, 32 rating points is not that much and if you just play in enough tournaments eventually you will gain that much or more. I've had several tournaments gaining 60+. I had a friend gain 198 in one tournament, and another gain 216. And the second one is 24 years old. So for one tournament anything can happen.
I can lose 32 points in one game but not gain 32 points in one game. If I hit to 2100 uscf again the climb is even slower. Good luck in your games, if you are prepare you can do fifty percent and maybe higher.
SmyslovFan wrote:
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You correct that dpnorman has a right to play in a in a higher section but he is playing in a expert section and it will effect everyone rating and some expert will have an easy point. ...
You say you've read the last few pages, but then you write stuff like this.
Re-read what dpnorman has said.
Yes,I read it, dpnorman is lock in and cannot go to u2000.
According to the CCA Website he is in fact entered into the U2000 section, and what makes you so sure the expert will have an easy game. Just because he is lower rated that does not mean the expert will have it easy
Oh one game? Eh, that's pretty tough. But one tournament? Can definitely be done
Markle wrote:
According to the CCA Website he is in fact entered into the U2000 section, and what makes you so sure the expert will have an easy game. Just because he is lower rated that does not mean the expert will have it easy
Well, no win is really easy but according to my results of 32 game against 1800 uscf ; 20 wins / 6 draws / 6 loses, so my chances to beat a 1800 uscf is very good and that is 71.9 % and against 1900 uscf 17 games; 7 wins / 6 draws and 4 loses and 58 %; I have decent chances against 1900 player.
@ SmyslovFan, I did, I am venting on some of the unjustice going on chess tournament, not on dfnorman. I was once pair against 1200 uscf in my chess club the first round, I gain no rating point when I did beat him but he could of gain 32 points, I should of took a bye. I won all my games,playing the 1200 uscf effected my rating gain, I am still mad at this.
Would the additional 32 points make oyu a better person than you are now? Would losing 32 points make you a worse person than you are now? of course not. At club events that is what goes on at times. If you are the better player, then prove it, and dont make excuses.