Selection Ratings for the Olympiad 2010 - Men

[Ilia Bluvshtein]

Selection Ratings - Men

Olympiad starts September 19, 2010
Highest ratings starting March 19, 2009

Ratings for May 10, 2009

Selection Ratings - MenOlympiad starts September 19, 2010Highest ratings starting March 19, 2009Ratings for May 10, 2009PlayersTitleHighest RatingAverageNumberFIDECanadianRatingof GamesSpraggett KevinGM260126222612Bluvshtein MarkGM255825682563Lesiege AlexandreGM252825772553Tyomkin DimitriGM249725702534Charbonneau PascalGM250525202513Zugic IgorIM246225162489Krnan TomasIM243925342487Samsonkin ArtemIM23792590248515Gerzhoy LeonidIM2420254624835Roussel-Roozmon ThomasIM247924682474Porper EdwardIM2435248424605Teplitsky YanIM244824632456Noritsyn NikolayIM2381250624445Quan ZheIM242124652443Hergott DeenIM238524742430Hansen EricFM2398245424265

[Michael Barron]

Selection Ratings - Men

Olympiad starts September 19, 2010
Highest ratings starting March 19, 2009

Ratings for May 10, 2009

Players                     Title Highest Rating  Average  Number
                                  FIDE Canadian   Rating   of Games

Spraggett Kevin               GM  2601  2622      2612   
Bluvshtein Mark               GM  2558  2568      2563  
Lesiege Alexandre             GM  2528  2577      2553  
Tyomkin Dimitri               GM  2497  2570      2534  
Charbonneau Pascal            GM  2505  2520      2513  
Zugic Igor                    IM  2462  2516      2489  
Krnan Tomas                   IM  2439  2534      2487  
Samsonkin Artem               IM  2379  2590      2485      15 
Gerzhoy Leonid                IM  2420  2546      2483       5 
Roussel-Roozmon Thomas        IM  2479  2468      2474  
Porper Edward                 IM  2435  2484      2460       5 
Teplitsky Yan                 IM  2448  2463      2456  
Noritsyn Nikolay              IM  2381  2506      2444       5 
Quan Zhe                      IM  2421  2465      2443  
Hergott Deen                  IM  2385  2474      2430  
Hansen Eric                   FM  2398  2454      2426       5

[Bob Armstrong]

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Hi Ilia:

The heading reads " Number of FIDE Canadian Games " in the post about the Women's team selection.

Are the no. of games shown here for the national team a total of both FIDE-rated games and CFC-rated games ?

One of the determining eligibility factors is BOTH FIDE-rated and CFC-rated games in the year prior to the start of the selection process. Here is the CFC Handbook:

Section 12 - Olympiad Regulations

1206. Selection of the players

(a) Eligibility: Players are eligible to play on a Canadian Team if they are:

(i)

(ii)

(iii) Have played at least 10 regular CFC rated or FIDE rated games during the year prior to the start of the selection process (which begins 180 days before the start of the Olympiad).

The list should, as far as I can tell, give a total for both types of rated games. Is this the case?

I am suspicious that it is not, because Kevin Spraggett has played a FIDE-rated tournament since March 19, 2009 ( 8 games are shown for the Metz tournament ).

Bob

[Erik Malmsten]

Artem has already qualified with 15 games? When did qualification of games start? Kevin has 10 FIDE games so far this year, Thomas (Iceland) and Pascal (Foxwoods) 9.

Several top players have registered for tournaments out west and there's still the Canadian Closed this August, so does this list mean anything this early on?

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Artem has already qualified with 15 games?

A game number is an eligibility criteria. He needs to rise his ratings. "The two highest rated players on the Selection Rating list."

When did qualification of games start?

Have played at least 10 regular CFC rated or FIDE rated games during the year prior to the start of the selection process (which begins 180 days before the start of the Olympiad).

so does this list mean anything this early on?

Following the rules: "Selection of players for the Teams by rating shall be based on the average of the player’s highest CFC rating and highest FIDE rating during the year prior to the start of the selection process (which begins 180 days before the start of the Olympiad).
The CFC shall publish, with each rating update, a list of the top 10 Selection Ratings and the top 10 Selection Ratings of female players"

I think the Olympiad rating list was done every month or third. The early list reminds about the next Olympiad Eager to know GM B. Sambuev's status too.

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Erik:

The qualifying year for the 10 games this year is March 19, 2009 to March 19, 2010. The early list publishing is to alert players to the fact they may be eligible by rating, but to show whether they still have games to play to meet the " activity " qualification. This way they know if they still need to play more games to be eligible.

Bob