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Grading List Notes |
Status
The 2001 YCA Grading List here on the
web started as the version included in the YCA Year Book 2001-02. Last year the grader responded to reported errors
and omissions and some corrections were applied to the list on the web. Such minor changes may well be similarly applied
this year.
Grading Reports
Once again the players' individual
grading reports detailing results included and how the grades were calculated are
included. Click on the underlined reference
code (Yxxxx) in the grading list to display the related grading report. This was tried for the first time last season and
proved popular. It also proved trying for the
grader, as every Tom, Dick or Harriet with internet access could scrutinise their grading
details and find errors and omissions, and then of course complain!!
Errors
Omissions are the main problem. The list can only include results that are
reported to the grader. Coverage of events is
good if not 100% as far as leagues and congresses within the county are concerned. Nevertheless, results submitted from some leagues
have been known to be incomplete. It is not
the job of the grader to check the completeness of such sets of results, though such a
check would be expedient if possible. Also,
results are sometimes reported incorrectly. The
grader cannot know the data supplied is incorrect. A
rarer problem, but one most galling to the sufferer and tediously messy for the grader to
resolve, is the inadvertent merging of two players with the same or similar names. The grader has a problem. Hermione Hogsprocket of York RI in the Yorkshire
league and Hermione Hogsprocket of Lady Anne Middleton in the York league are
"obviously" the same person. (Actually
Hermione doesn't exist, but you get the idea I think.)
It is less clear whether G Fletcher of Sheffield in the Doncaster Congress and G
Fletcher of Earl of Arundel in the Sheffield league are the same person. In fact they sometimes are and they sometimes
aren't!! Gerry plays both league and congress
chess while Garry plays just in congresses. Both
live in Sheffield. The grader cannot know
about all such circumstances.
Coverage
Data included comes primarily from
the YCA's own league, the numerous local leagues, and local congresses. Inter-county representative matches, club
championships etc are included as available.
Relation to BCF List
Whilst the YCA as such is affiliated
to the BCF and so submits results of its competitions for inclusion in the BCF grading
list, the numerous local leagues are not at present affiliated to the BCF. Thus whilst YCA league results should be reflected
in the BCF grading list, those of the local leagues are not. For this reason, most "grass roots"
Yorkshire players are not in the BCF list, and where they are in the BCF list their BCF
grade is usually based on fewer games than their YCA grade and inevitably differs as it is
based on a different set of results. The
relatively few players who play most of their chess in congresses in and out of the
county, however, will probably find their BCF grade more accurate than their YCA grade.
Which Grade?
Where a player has a grade in more
than one list, look at the grade category (A to E). Normally
an "A" grade is more reliable than a "B" grade, a "B" more
reliable than a "C" etc. When the
grade category is the same in both lists then look at the number of games included, if
shown. The greater the number of games, the
more reliable the grade should be.