Ratings Updated

[clintolsen]

Ratings were regenerated today and now include the following tournaments:
- 2017 GAYP Nationals
- 2017 Mid-Ohio Checker Meet
- 2018 USA vs Italy International Match
- 2018 New England States Open & District 1

I do not yet have cross-tables for:
- 2017 Pete Schmucker Checker Meet
- 2018 Tennessee State Open
- 2018 Missouri State 3-Move & District 7 Open
- 2018 Texas & District 8

This is going to be the last time that ratings get regenerated. Going forward, I'm going to start processing rating updates on the first day of every month.

For all tournament directors out there, please:
1) Send cross-tables for ratings processing promptly after the end of the tournament. It's important that tournaments get processed in the correct order and this will only happen if they are submitted quickly.
2) Include round-by-round results, even for round-robin tournaments. It takes about 10 times longer for me to process tournaments without round-by-round results, and the order that games are played in does make a difference.

[champion374]

Clint how many tournament directors come here? Maybe the players that come on this site have to get the word across.

4 tournaments that the results have not been sent and one from last year.I think everyone has your email by now.

[champion374]

On a next note Clint when will You be separating the Gayp ,3move and 11 man ratings?

[clintolsen]

Splitting the rating lists is not something I can just do because I want to. It would likely require ACF Executive Committee approval. Although there are obvious benefits to splitting the ratings, there are also problems. For example, given the lack of GAYP tournaments, it might take 10-15 years for players to get to their true GAYP rating if starting from scratch.

One more quick update regarding ratings updates - I have processed these two tournaments:
- 2018 British Open
- 2018 Mississippi State GAYP Open