2006 Site Championship

[savin]

The following 13 players have accepted an invitation to participate in the 2006 Stan's NetChess Site Championship:

cavallo	2518	Stan's Candidate Master
sisyfos	2472	Stan's Senior Master
Savin	2436	Stan's Senior Master
Wolf	2433	Stan's Senior Master
Mati	2397	Stan's Senior Master
Seneca54	2393	Stan's Master
nobodyspawn	2376	Stan's Master
Cardinero	2375	Stan's Candidate Master
powerpoul	2375	Stan's Senior Master
Sasha	2328	Stan's Candidate Master
Rock16	2320	Stan's Senior Master
anastas87	2312	Expert
FREEBIRD1056	2302	Stan's Master

The tournament is scheduled to start on January 16th.

[ZorMaster]

Should be nice if i too received a invitation as Stans first woman master

[The Ancient Brit]

Oh dear, Savin what have you done? Do you not know hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

[savin]

Zormaster,

The invites were sent out according a strict protocol:

There are 13 spots in the Site Championship.

An invite is sent to the current site Champion (Wolf)
An invite was sent to the winner of the Expert Swiss (probably Cavallo, but only Savin could passibly catch him)
An invite was sent to the winner of the Platinum Division of the NetPlayers tournment (probably Savin, but only Myrlynn can catch Savin)
An invite was sent to the winner of the Open Swiss (Cavallo).
Only players with established ratings receive and invite.

After this invites are sent out to the top rated players at the site based on the new rating system. If a player declines the invite or fails to respond within a reasonable period of time the invite is removed and the next highest rated player is sent an invite.

The following players declined an invitations:
1) Senna2
2) Caissa
3) Centerman
4) Myrlynn

The following players did not respond:
1) ast68
2) Gunner


Top 20 Players at the Site Based on Ratings

1	cavallo	2518
2	sisyfos	2472
3	Savin	2436
4	Wolf	2433
5	ast68	2427
6	Mati	2397
7	Seneca54	2393
8	senna2	2391
9	nobodyspawn	2376
10	Cardinero	2375
11	powerpoul	2375
12	Caissa	2355
13	Centerman	2350
14	MyrLynn	2347
15	Sasha	2328
16	gunner	2322
17	Rock16	2320
18	anastas87	2312
19	FREEBIRD1056	2302
20	hana-chessprincess	2297

Hence the final accepted invite went to FREEBIRD1056. The next person who would have recieved an invite was Hanachessprincess.

On an official tournament such as this we are forced to stick to the rules.

The 2007 Site Tournament will follow the same rules:

Automatic invites to the winners of the Expert Swiss, Open Swiis, Platinum Division of the netPlayers Tournament and the current Site Champion. Other invites will be based on the ratings at the time the invites are sent out.

Hopefully this clears up any confusion

[ZorMaster]

Understand but still it sux a lot and i feel quite unhappy.

[yassen]

Well, it is sad that none of the top ladies of the site (Caissa, Myrlynn, Zor, Hanna) are playing, and quality players like senna2 and gunner will be missed also. But there is a new generation of top players at Stan's and they also deserve their chance for glory.

Frankly I was quite surprised to see the name of anastas87 there. He and larryljubo are from my home country and they are both in the top division of the NetPlayers league! I know well who larryljubo is (Bulgaria is a small country and I know all the good players), but this kid anastas87 is a real enigma for me. If his name is really Anastas (not very common local name) and he is born in 1987, then he is either an undiscovered chess prodigy, or an ambitious guy who knows how to operate his Fritz...

Anyway, good luck to all participants in the Site ch'ship!

[Gritty]

Savin,

Could you include a link to the tournament, as I'd be very interested to follow the games that are played.

[bellesbabe]

Thats a great idea. It would be a good learning experience for us not so good players.

[Gritty]

bellesbabe said:

Thats a great idea. It would be a good learning experience for us not so good players.

Does this work?

www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_publication.cgi?snc-et-div-swiss-entry?-143?1?0?12

[Gritty]

Oops, that's one of the player pages ... this should be the front page. Click on a name to go to their games, and you can select the game to view from there. As you rightly say Bellesbabe, a great learning tool.


www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_publication.cgi?snc-et-div-swiss-main?-143?0

[dan3]

How many stans netchess masters are there and how do you become one?

[savin]

There are currently 9 active Stan's Senior Masters and 16 Stan's Masters at the site. We also have another 20 active Stan's Candidate Masters.

How a player achieves this titles is a little complicated, although it is fully automated. The first step is a player must be awarded the title of Stan's Candidate Master.

A player gets awarded this title if they meet the following conditions:
1) They have an established rating of over 2175
2) They have completed at least 6 games against Stans Masters or Stans Senior Masters
3) They achieved a NORM in the games against the Masters and Senior masters of at least 2200. The NORM means that their result is statistically what would be expected of a player rated 2200 or higher.

All Candidate Masters can be awarded the title of Stan's Master. But they must first meet the following criteria:
1) Have completed at least 15 games against other Stan's Masters or Senior Masters.
2) Have a rating of at least 2200
3) Have a norm in the games against the Masters and Senior masters of at least 2200.

Once a player is awarded the title of Stan's Master it is possible for them to be awarded the Title of Stans Senior Master, but they must meet the ffollowing:
1) have ccompleted at least 35 games against Stan's Mastrs and Senior Masters
2) Have a rating of 2300 or higher
3) Have a norm in the games agains the other masters of 2300 or higher

[Gritty]

Is there a quick way of seeing how many Stan Masters, or Senior Masters you have played, and what your NORM rating is in those games?

[savin]

Gritty,

This report should give you the information. However, this report only tracks that information for players who are Expert or Category 1 (levels 5 and 4). For players with lower ratings the norm information can be a little misleading. NORM's are only meaningful if:

1) Your performance is with 300-400 rating points of the target. For instance, in games against players rated 2200 on average a NORM below about 1900 does not mean much. The way NORMS work you could lose 19 games a draw one and still only have a NORM 400 below.

2) NORMS don't mean much until you have at least 5 games completed against the Masters.

www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_publication.cgi?nrs-norms-main?nowidthlimit

[Gritty]

That's excellent thanks.