The other result was the 3.5-0.5 demolition of Mexico by the Australian team. The Mexicans had a rating edge on each board, but Smerdon drew on the top board and Ly, Ikeda and Smirnov all won. The win for Smirnov may also be enough to push his rating past the 2400 mark, which he needs to do to receive an IM title (subject to confirmation).
The Australian Women's team also had a good result, beating England 2.5-1.5.Again this was an underdog victory, as the English were seeded 12 places above the Australians.
Smirnov Anton (2334) - Torres Rosas Luis Carlos (2351) [E94]
WCO2014 Tromso (7.25), 09.08.2014
5 comments:
" The win for Smirnov may also be enough to push his rating past the 2400 mark, which he needs to do to receive an IM title (subject to confirmation)."
Not quite yet. He's up to 2390 or thereabouts.
james
Hi Shaun
I noticed my previous post that said that Anton's live rating had not yet reached 2400 didn't stick.
I've added 2334 (August rating) + 27.8 (politiken) + 30.6 (olympiad r7) = 2392.4
Did he participate in another tournament to pick up another 8 points or more?
James
In fact that's wrong, it's 2334 + 28.2 + 28.35 = 2390.5 after r10 at Tromso.
Chess-results.com have been using a K factor of 20 instead of 15 to calculate Smirnov's TPR at the Olympiad, inflating his rating gain by 10 points.
He can only gain the 2400 rating if he beats his 2600+ opponent in the last round.
Unless of course, he has picked 5 points somewhere else besides Politiken and Tromso in the last few weeks and draws his last round game.
Wrong on both counts! The rating formula changed the K factor to 20 last month. Shame FIDE hasn't updated its online calculator.
Wrong again. K=20 since 1 July 2014. Back to the drawing board.
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