10. 2012-S Improved Bonus Point Formula

[Lyle Craver]

The major cause of ratings deflation is when players leave the pool having gained several hundred rating points from where they entered.

For me my biggest memory is the tournament AFTER the best tournament of my life (where I scored 3.5/5 with two master wins (both with black!), one expert draw and an A player loss and a B player win - it was one of those double-sided Sicilians where both of you are balanced on the edge of the precipice and it's NOT going to be a draw) and reached my lifetime high of 1905 only to lose in consecutive rounds to two 1400 rated brothers (juniors) who went to 2100 and 1950 respectively before deciding they enjoyed playing soccer better.

Net gain for me after the two events was about 20 pts...both brothers contributed a lot to ratings deflation in Vancouver when they left!

I haven't finished my analysis of the numbers but like what I see so far.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Old rating = 1819
new rating = 1872
games = 5

new rating would have been 1914.

I like the new bonus system.

100 points in one 5-game tournament

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Moving (looking for a seconder) to amend:

"Bonus points are not calculated for players rated above 2199"

[Bob Gillanders]

100 points in one 5-game tournament

Well, it is only 95 points, but why not? I did win all my games.

Is not the objective of a bonus system to quickly increase those underrated juniors, like myself?

[Lyle Craver]

if you mean to insert that into the motion I will second that - LC

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

if you mean to insert that into the motion I will second that - LC

Thank you.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Well, it is only 95 points, but why not? I did win all my games.

With four more such perfect performances you will be eligible for the Olympic team. Congratulations

[Rob Clark]

Excellent, Bob has found the fountain of youth. The CFC's financial problems are over.

[Paul Leblanc]

We didn't dare go to negative bonus points for exceptionally poor performance.
I think people will like the opportunity to benefit from outstanding results. The points they gain will eventually filter down to the up and coming juniors (I predict) but with less pain than we have now.

[Lyle Craver]

I have CERTAINLY had tournament performances like that!

The serious answer though is that mathematically the primary reason for deflation is that players (not just juniors but they're the main problem since the ones who leave have typically not been around for more than 2 or 3 years as opposed to adults who may have been in the pool for 20+ years) leave the pool rated considerably higher than they entered it.

Very few leave the rating pool lower rated than when they started.