{"id":53,"date":"2013-02-28T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T15:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vassar-chadwick.com\/club\/?p=53"},"modified":"2013-02-28T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T15:26:49","slug":"blitz-rating-coming-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vassar-chadwick.com\/club\/blitz-rating-coming-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Blitz rating coming in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USCF is planning to roll out another rating system, for Blitz events, starting March 1st. The rule update document (<a title=\"Rulebook changes since 5th edition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uschess.org\/docs\/gov\/reports\/RulebookChanges.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to PDF) outlines the new rating:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Blitz rating system:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blitz has its own rating system. To be rated, the time controls require from 5 to 10 minutes\u00a0total playing time. See also 5C. Ratable time controls, and have a minimum primary time\u00a0control of 3 minutes. All rounds must use the same time control. Hence G\/3 inc\/2 is rated\u00a0under the Blitz system. Currently Lightning and Bullet are not included in any rating system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The following (also found in the rules update) is a useful overview of the various time controls and which rating system they fall under.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>5C. Ratable time controls<\/strong>. There are three rating systems. Regular (slow), Quick (fast) and\u00a0Blitz. For the purposes of rating G\/minutes and inc\/seconds (or d\/seconds), add minutes (mm)\u00a0and seconds (ss) for total playing time for each player. (i.e. total time equals minutes plus\u00a0<em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">(seconds times 60)) or mm+ss; e.g.: G\/60 d\/5 = 60+5 = 65 minutes total playing time for each\u00a0<\/em><\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">player. Multiple time controls add all mm for each control: mm = mm(1) + mm(2) + &#8230;<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\">Regular only: total playing time for each player is greater than 65 minutes. mm+ss &gt; 65<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\">Dual (both regular and quick): total playing time for each player is from 30 to 65 minutes. 30 &lt; mm + ss &lt; 65<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">Quick only: total playing time for each player is more than 10 and less than 30 minutes. 10 &lt;\u00a0<\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">mm+ss &lt; 30<\/em><\/em><br \/>\nFor Regular, Dual and Quick the primary time (mm in minutes) must be at least 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">Blitz: total playing time for each player is from 5 to 10 minutes inclusive and the primary time\u00a0<\/em><em id=\"__mceDel\" style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\">control must be at least 3 minutes. 5 &lt; mm+ss &lt; 10 All rounds must use the same time control.<\/em><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USCF is planning to roll out another rating system, for Blitz events, starting March 1st. 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