Club Championship 2004/5

We are launching a new format club championship as of 18/10/04.

It is based upon the Glicko rating system used by FICS (Free Internet Chess Server). This flexible system removes the need for formal pairings.

There will be a 'QuickPlay' and 'Standard' Club Championship.

RULES

• Only paid-up members are eligible to play in the Club Championship.
• You must have played a total of at least 8 'Standard' games by the end of University year to qualify for the Standard Club Championship.
• You must have played a total of at least 24 'QuickPlay' games by the end of the University year to qualify for the QuickPlay Club Championship.
• Players may play whoever they like as long as both players accept that they are playing a 'Rated' game. A player may refuse to play an rated game against an opponent if they so wish.
• The time controls for Rated games can either be QuickPlay < 30 minutes each, or 'Standard' >30 minutes each. The precise time control is left to the agreement of the players.
• Colours are by mutual agreement (i.e. if the opponent was White last time then Black next.) or randomly.
• The results of all 'Rated' games must be recorded in the folder provided.
• Each player has a 'QuickPlay' rating and a 'Standard' rating. These both start with a rating of 1500 and RD of 350.
• New ratings are calculated weekly by PC based on the recorded results according to the Glicko rating system used by FICs.
• The winner of the QuickPlay Club Championship is the player with the highest QuickPlay rating at the end of the University year.
• The winner of the Standard Club Championship is the player with the highest Standard rating at the end of the University year.

Note: RD stands for 'Ratings Difference' and is a statistical measure of how accurate you rating is, as you play more games this value decreases, if you don't play for a while it goes up.

Once the championship is underway, a page will be made available for players to monitor their rating and rankings.