2013 US National 11-man Ballot

[waynegober]

Congrats to all,

Once again, order of finish not much surprise.
Master players are also very good crossboard players.
Chicken and Egg kind of thing. Must have some crossboard ability to understand pp. So much junk been published that has to be sifted through. Something published in a book doesn't make it good automatically. Anyhow, well done players.

[Michael Holmes]

Good news is Alex Holmes and TIM Laverty gained points. The bad news is that Alex Moiseyev and I lost points.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Good news is Alex Holmes and TIM Laverty gained points. The bad news is that Alex Moiseyev and I lost points.

My rating dropped few points. It seems like 28 points out of 36 is my zero level.

Maybe I shouldn't offer Tim 2 draws in the last round ? haha

But in this case I would come home several hours later which is certainly much more important than all these numbers

[Eric Strange]

I definitely feel I should have and could have played better, but all in all I didn't do too bad. I lost 8 points on my rating I had a lot of fun playing with everyone.
On a good side note, the waitress I picked up at Libby's Seafood place, cannot wait for me to come back. NC girls are awesome LOL

[Chexhero]

One thing you will notice if you look at the rating changes for the masters is that most people did not change "much". Many people's rating change was less than 10 points. I would say there are more people now than before that are around their true rating.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

there are more people now than before that are around their true rating.

Thats true and very good sign. My rating really dropped 3 points only and considering that 2 draws with Tim is more likely outcome if we really play our games, the system predict me in this event to win 10 games out of 16 to support my level.