Yes Bob, I like your idea. In fact I thought I was the first one to think of it!
Perhaps the situation develops after Super-kid's 25th game when his provisional rating stops going up fast and he gets an established rating? I'd be interested in your thoughts on this as the current modelling I am doing with bonus points is to give a boost to "new players" (i.e. mostly juniors) who have just graduated to established ratings. It isn't turning out to be as easy as I thought to separate the Super-kids from the average beginners.
Then there is Chris Mallon's idea to extend the provisional ratings beyond the 25th game. Would there be any unintentional side-effects to that? The CFC data base doesn't always show the age of players so I have been using the term "new" player (going by the number of rated games on a person's record). You and I are "really old" players.
By the way, I did some work using Performance Ratings that turned out to be very discouraging since some wild Performance Ratings come out of junior events with many unrated players. My current modelling is looking at a version of the old bonus point system where Super-kid is rewarded with extra points if he gains a large number of points in one event.
I would like to also include some kind of rating point refund for Super-kid's hapless opponents too. I just have to be careful to model ideas to ensure I don't cause undesireable inflation.
Paul Leblanc
Treasurer, Chess Foundation of Canada
CFC Voting Member