Originally posted by rapalla7Your RHP rating has no equivalency or standing in any tourney regulated by FIDE or for that matter any other chess federation that supports the Elo rating criterium.
If my rating average is 1150 here at the pawn, What would it be in the real world of ratings???
Mike
the skeeter
i think the only way to convert your rhp rating to "real" ratings is if you also consider how long you take per move. and if you avoid certain types of players - eg those who clearly are strong players with a low ratinhg for any number of reasons.
if you spend 2 min thinking per move and play only against players with a flatish rating graph then i think it is has a real meaning.
Originally posted by flexmore...what absolute rubbish.There is no conversion 'factor/formulae/ready-reckner/readers digest look-up/google whatever' to transform your RHP rating into anything else but what it is. Namely an internet turn based chess site rating, catering for the 'newbee -wannabee GM player to the GM wannabee - newbee player' and all the others inbetween.
i think the only way to convert your rhp rating to "real" ratings is if you also consider how long you take per move. and if you avoid certain types of players - eg those who clearly are strong players with a low ratinhg for any number of reasons.
if you spend 2 min thinking per move and play only against players with a flatish rating graph then i think it is has a real meaning.
Thats it. To suggest otherwise is a serious loss of perspective.
the skeeter
i don't see why not: fide and rhp have a similar rating system and have zillions of games between zillions of people.
new players are handled differently in rhp. also in rhp it is easier to "fake" your rating if you wish , if you dont do that then it does mean something.
exactly what it means i cannot say. but this is true of fide too.
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There is no conversion 'factor/formulae/ready-reckner/readers digest look-up/google whatever' to transform your fide rating into anything else but what it is. Namely an over-the-board turn based chess organisation rating, catering for the 'newbee -wannabee GM player to the GM wannabee - newbee player' and all the others inbetween.
Thats it. To suggest otherwise is a serious loss of perspective.
Originally posted by flexmore" A very long 'sigh' "
i don't see why not: fide and rhp have a similar rating system and have zillions of games between zillions of people.
new players are handled differently in rhp. also in rhp it is easier to "fake" your rating if you wish , if you dont do that then it does mean something.
exactly what it means i cannot say. but this is true of fide too.
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...[text shortened]... ll the others inbetween.
Thats it. To suggest otherwise is a serious loss of perspective.
Thanks for you eloquent answers. I did e-mail Chrismo, He brought up a good point. "Although the RHP system works in the same way as the FIDE, it is not possible to equate a rating in one to a rating in the other. This is because both systems are measures only of one's rating in the community of players in which you compete". I believe this is the official opinion.
Mike
speaking of blitz games....what do you think about them?? can you acctually learn or do you just play from your gut and your basicly playing 1 or two moves ahead when in a long game you can think 5-7 moves ahead (thinking ahead varies from player to player, some more some less, this is just what i do)
Originally posted by cpkid6107I just played in a Blitz last night OTB at club and I got the tar whipped out of me. I am not a standard book player. I only win games here because I have time to think it out. I find the blitzes usually go to the person whom is more schooled in standards. I think most of the game for them are a series of good choices for the most part. All I could do was move out of the way and did not have a chance for a LT stratagy.
speaking of blitz games....what do you think about them?? can you acctually learn or do you just play from your gut and your basicly playing 1 or two moves ahead when in a long game you can think 5-7 moves ahead (thinking ahead varies from player to player, some more some less, this is just what i do)
Mike
for beginners such as myself i think blitz can be bad. i think the most important thing to learn as a beginner is a correct thinking method, and blitz doesn't help in this respect. i've sen a number of GM's say that beginners should avoid too much blitz as it develops a sloppy thinking method.