Congratulations

[savin]

Tony1 has been awarded the title of:

Stan's Master.

Tony1 was awarded the title on January 7th.

Belated congratulations should also go to:

Evita
who was awarded the title of Stan's Master on November 25th last year.

and...

Larryljubo
who was awarded the title of Stan's Master on November 15th last year.

We currently have 9 active Senior Masters at the site and 16 active Masters.

In order to be awarded the title of Stan's Master you need to:
1) have a rating in the new rating system of over 2200
2) have completed at least 15 games against Stan's Masters and/or Senior Masters
3) you need to have a "Norm" in the games against Stan's Masters and Senior Masters of 2200 or higher. this is equivalent to saying that you performed in those games in a way that says you are rated 2200 or higher.

To achieve the title of Stan's Senior Master you need:
1) have a rating in the new rating system of over 2300
2) have completed at least 35 games against Stan's Masters and/or Senior Masters, of which at least 10 must be against Stan's Senior Masters
3) you need to have a "Norm" in the games against Stan's Masters and Senior Masters of 2300 or higher.

You can get a full list oif active top players and how they are progressing towards a title here:
www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_publication.cgi?top-player-norms

[savin]

Here is a list of the active Stan's Senior Masters and Stan's Masters at the site:

1	sisyfos	2472	Senior Master
2	Savin	2436	Senior Master
3	Wolf	2433	Senior Master
4	ast68	2427	Master
5	Mati	2397	Senior Master
6	Seneca54	2393	Master
7	senna2	2391	Senior Master
8	nobodyspawn	2376	Master
9	powerpoul	2375	Senior Master
10	Caissa	2355	Master
11	Centerman	2350	Senior Master
12	MyrLynn	2347	Senior Master
13	gunner	2322	Master
14	Rock16	2320	Senior Master
15	FREEBIRD1056	2302	Master
16	hana-chessprincess	2297	Master
17	tony1	2284	Master
18	garikcz	2234	Master
19	PatzerBernie	2234	Master
20	Evita	2226	Master
21	Icecross	2219	Master
22	shamou	2208	Master
23	Pink Panther	2191	Master
24	orbis	2159	Master
25	ZorMaster	2159	Master

[ZorMaster]

Congratulations to the 'new' Masters.