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https://manifold.markets/diadematus/will-i-play-at-least-50-fiderated-c
I'm rated ~1850 FIDE which is ~70 points below my peak and good enough for a top ~50 spot in my chess backwater country.
In 2024 I played ~25 fide rated games and an average of ~15 in the previous two years.
The national championship doubles up as the Olympiad selection tournament, and is determined by a closed invitational of the 12 players with the highest average TPRs in sanctioned events throughout the year.
I am taking this very seriously, and will only buy YES, but I have a track record of failure in my previous markets (🫠).
I will answer any questions, and provide frequent updates. I will resolve options as they happen/don't happen. All options refer to classical OTB play.
I will only resolve YES or NO. If I become incapacitated, or abandon any of these goals (won't happen) i will resolve NO. If FIDE or my local federation implodes, or another pandemic happens such that i can't realistically compete i will also resolve NO.
Update 2025-02-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): - Round robin of the final 12 based on the average of their 4 best TPRs until December.
Top 5 make the team.
Update 2025-02-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Resolution Criteria Updates:
Top 10 qualifiers will likely need a TPR average of approximately 2050.
Update 2025-02-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Resolution Criteria:
All options refer to FIDE-rated classical games
1,000
3.00tpr rankings after 7 tournaments. i'm ranked 10th (1898), but there's 3 other players with every strong "best 3" results which means as soon as they play a 4th event i will be bumped to around 15th
update: i squandered my good start and ended up with my worst performance rating of the year. my goal was to get a baseline 4th tpr so i'm not too disappointed, although the competition did very well and i need to get some serious training done and get a 2000+ tpr soon or my goal is effectively dead
@diadematus actually managed to scan it directly into chessbase https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=i4/a1geO7dXNRvI1113zOga5ALltSsK6XIND18+nJwOuIOkPIspNiV3mPe3xhq0w
signed up for another 8 round tournament this long weekend - not expecting good things but i will at least have a full set of 4 tournaments and i can start focusing on improving my worst scores...the provisional standings after 6 tournaments have me ranked 9th overall by TPR average so I'm still in with a shot
'nother update: our annual Easter Open tournament got cancelled so that's 8 less games I could play. Signed up for 2 GP tournaments in May (both 6 rounds) which will mean i have a full set of tournaments, and can focus on improving my lowest score. Still not doing any structured study unfortunately except sporadic blitz and looking at my games for like 30 mins a week
Beat a 1939-rated player in my first league game today - https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=iOLoaRdg9bI5+8urX+ttkDatHh/xUj2p/61Q797swevn8fPpItKqsBrYEhkaUe56
Currently at 15 rated games, with 1 more league game tomorrow
@diadematus played 2 more games today, and beat an 1890 rated and 1715 rated opponent. That comes out to +28 rating from the league so far, so gaining 100 rating points in the year is looking slightly less unreachable
solid second tournament of the year, finished with 6/8 for a respectable 10th out of 147 players. I was not quite satisfied with my play, and the tpr was quite mediocre considering at least 6+ players scored 1950+ to high 2000 TPRs.
currently at 14 fide rated games this year, +28 FIDE rating points, and probably just inside the top 10 in the TPR average list
After some back and forth i decided to sign up for the 8-rounder at end month. It's absolutely brutal, 8 rounds in 3 days so I was strongly against it but decided there was no real downside to playing (except potentially lost rating). i also finally set up a dedicated chess desk so I expect to start a chess routine quite soon.
my first tournament (Grand Prix eligible) was somewhere between moderate and resounding success. Finished 12th/~120 players, and won 20 rating points with a 1973 TPR. That puts me comfortably in the top 10 by TPR so far, and I only need 3 similar performances (not easy!) to qualify for the national championship
@diadematus OTOH i haven't solved a single freaking puzzle yet, but got some motivation on the back of this result to get to work
Signed up for my first tournament on 25th Jan - it's a brutal 6 rounds in 2 days, but Grand Prix eligible so I kinda want to test the waters to check my form. I don't expect any chess training i do now will be impactful so I'm just solving tactics on lichess, but I have started some physical training with a focus on cardio and consistent good sleep.
@Weezing It is crazy but there's almost no alternative. Most players couldn't do a tournament that starts on Friday because of work/family etc and spreading it over two weekends is too expensive for 95% of players. Only time we have something resembling a normal 2-round a day tournament is when the start date overlaps with some national holiday
@diadematus i appreciate the optimism here but the reason this was an option at all was because given how little i've played in the past, i realistically can't expect to play a 2000+ rated player all that frequently. i didn't all of last year, and the last time i actually beat one was 2018