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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Here is the unofficial USCL Rating List, for the post-quarterfinal matches. Gulko now tops the list, after Nakamura's loss. As a reminder, here are the details of how the list is calculated. The details were described elsewhere , but here's a summary... (a) it uses a modified Glicko system; (b) there are different scores for a draw if your team won or lost (draw counts as 2/3 if your team won); (c)...
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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Arizona beats Seattle, and comes very close to overtaking them in the power rankings. Remainder of teams are rather similar, except Chicago moves up a few places after their big win over Dallas. Power Rankings After Week 9 1 - New Jersey 1.000 2 - Seattle 0.919 3 - Arizona 0.892 4 - San Francisco 0.853 5 - Boston 0.845 6 - New York 0.827 7 - Miami 0.794 8 - Chicago 0.711 9 - Dallas 0.673 10 - Philadelphia...
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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
New Jersey, after the sweep of Boston, moves back into first place in the Power Rankings. Note the almost indistinguishable differences between San Francisco and Boston, and then, Philadelphia and Baltimore. USCL 2009 Power Rankings After Week 8 1 - New Jersey 1.000 2 - Seattle 0.984 3 - Arizona 0.870 4 - San Francisco 0.868 5 - Boston 0.868 6 - New York 0.821 7 - Miami 0.807 8 - Dallas 0.727 9 - Philadelphia...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
World's youngest GMs Friday, October 23, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1. Sergey Karjakin UKR 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi IND 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen NOR 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov AZE 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So PHI 14 years, 1...
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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Power Rankings... 1 - Seattle 1.000 2 - New Jersey 0.985 3 - Boston 0.946 4 - Arizona 0.874 5 - San Francisco 0.872 6 - New York 0.858 7 - Miami 0.835 8 - Dallas 0.738 9 - Philadelphia 0.707 10 - Chicago 0.705 11 - Baltimore 0.699 12 - Tennessee 0.681 13 - Queens 0.681 14 - Carolina 0.595 Ratings... Rank Rating Name 1 2645 Hikaru Nakamura 2 2621 Sergey Erenburg 3 2603 Boris Gulko 4 2595 Gregory Serper...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Here is my unofficial calculation with some help from Chessdom.com: 1. Sergey Karjakin 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So 14 years, 1 month, 28 days 8. Etienne Bacrot...
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India Press Release (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
/India PRwire/ - Cinépolis, the world’s 5th largest movie theater circuit, is the official host and co-organizer of the 7th International Morelia Film Festival (FICM), currently being held in Morelia, Mexico until October 11, 2009. Founded in 2003, the film festival was introduced to nourish a new generation of Mexican filmmakers, and provide them a vibrant platform to showcase their creative...
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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Seattle takes the top spot on the power rankings over New Jersey. San Francisco and Boston are separated by a razor thin margin for third and fourth. 1 - Seattle 1.000 2 - New Jersey 0.948 3 - San Francisco 0.936 4 - Boston 0.932 5 - New York 0.882 6 - Miami 0.875 7 - Arizona 0.838 8 - Dallas 0.816 9 - Tennessee 0.718 10 - Baltimore 0.714 11 - Philadelphia 0.686 12 - Queens 0.680 13 - Chicago 0.662...
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The Kenilworthian (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Ramirez - Benjamin White to play and win. The high-flying New Jersey Knockouts, who were hoping to be the first team in US Chess League history to open the season with a perfect 6-0 record, had their hopes dashed last night, falling to the Arizona Scorpions 3-1. Arizona clearly out-prepared the Knockouts and got ahead on the clock on every board early in the match. The time advantage was especially...
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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Power Rankings After Week 5. Remember... Team record and game points contribute 55% to the ranking. Records of opponents contributes 35% to the ranking. Records of opponents' opponents contribute 10% to the ranking. 1 - New Jersey 1.000 2 - Seattle 0.947 3 - San Francisco 0.903 4 - New York 0.893 5 - Boston 0.861 6 - Miami 0.834 7 - Dallas 0.726 8 - Arizona 0.714 9 - Tennessee 0.712 10 - Philadelphia...
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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Below are the unofficial player ratings for the United States Chess League for 2009, post-week 3. I have been asked by United States Chess League Commissioner, Greg Shahade, to also publish power rankings for the 14 USCL teams. Note that these Power Rankings are entirely based on mathematical formulas; there is no subjectivity at all. They are calculated using the same formula that used previously...
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Bionic Lime Thoughts (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
Welcome to the (unofficial) USCL Ratings List of 2009! I am pleased to provide this service again to all the USCL fans out there. The details of the calculations of this rating system have been described elsewhere , but to summarize... (a) it uses a modified Glicko system; (b) there are different scores for a draw if your team won or lost; (c) it accounts for color in your score expectancy; (d) uncertainty...
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Walter's Walk (Free subscription) | 20/07/2009
Chess. Chess is for children. ..and you know their little lives can become such a mess.. So, I forayed back into full-length tournament chess for the first time since the 1991 US Open. Back then, I didn't know any openings, didn't know anything about endings, and my positional sense was suspect. But I could calculate. Having not really played since, my game is all that minus the calculating. And I...
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