Re: Hastings


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This notice: SP

Malcolm Pein begins his column: "Simon Williams has qualified as
England's latest Grandmaster after a short draw with the top seed Vadim
Malakhatko in round eight of the Hastings Masters. The result ensured
that Williams' rating exceeded 2500 and as he has secured three
qualifying results in tournaments there is no impediment to the award of
the GM title although it is subject to ratification by the Fide
Qualification Committee."

A real world illustration of why it is wrong to rate draws.

While I understand you general reservations on draws relating to Elo - I
would be a bit miffed if, in another example, I had struggled against a much
higher rated opponent, drew, but failed to achieve any rating benefit from
it.

Titles should be earned in contest - not given by higher rated players
who don't feel like playing.

It is most unfortunate for the young player to score his third norm this
way - the Hasting correspondent also thought it atrocious that short-draws
should be offered by paid-participants. I even wonder if the Fide ratings
commission will accept this result?!!

Anyway - this is to depart from mathematic basis for /ratings/.

Of course, this is not to fault the
individuals in the above example who are merely gaming a flawed
system. But the flaws need to be addressed.

I agree. Not the fault of the norm-seeker, certainly - the other guy is as
at fault as the organisers for permitting it. Its tough to solve.

I see another GM has suggested that the situation could be remedied by not
allowing draw offers at all - but I am not so convinced of that. I prefer my
own idea <wink> of rewarding the draw with less than 50% of the score for
winning.

Again this is not to address the rating aspect of it. Andy Walker wrote here
about a week ago to mention an alternate to ELO, which was easier to
calculate [no calculator] though I am unsure if that system is superior to
address these scoring and rating factors mentioned in this post - I think it
is a third aspect of the issue.

Phil Innes


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