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I finally got a FIDE Rating
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samsloan
2012-05-29 11:37:30 UTC
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I competed in the "Best of the West Class Championship" in Santa Clara
California this weekend.

While I did not do well, it seems fairly certain that I got a FIDE
rating from this event. This is because I already had 8 FIDE rated
games. It takes 9 so I was one short.

It seems that I need to have 3 FIDE rated opponents for an event to be
FIDE ratable, so I could not just play one game and get my FIDE
rating. Since all 4 of my opponents have a FIDE rating, it seems that
I now have 12 FIDE rated games.

Here are the games. My game against Michael Wang shows that if a
player responds to my Deadly Dangerous Damiano's Defense with normal
moves, I can at least equalize. I came close to winning this game but
he held on for a draw.


[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "03"]
[White "De Guzman,Ricardo"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2000"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bd3 Na6 8.a3
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Qc7 12.b4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Ne2 Rfe8
15.e4 e5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Qc3 Qe7 20.e5 Ng4
21.e6 Bxe6 22.h3 Nf6 23.Nf4 Bd7 24.Rfe1 Qd6
25.Qe5 Qf8 26.Rad1 c5 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Bc6 29.Qf5 g6 30.Qg4 cxb4
31.Bxg6 fxg6 32.Re6 g5 33.Rg6+ Kh7 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Qd7+ Kh8 36.Qxc6
Nb8 37.Qc7 Nc6 38.Qxc6 bxa3 39.Qxb5 a2 40.Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Beilin,Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2064"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Qb3 Qd7 7.Nc3 e6
8.Nf3 Rb8 9.d3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Qd1 Nxf3+ 12.exf3 Rd8 13.Ke2 Be7
14.Be3 b6 15.Rg1 O-O 16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Qd2 Kh8 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Rad1 Nd5
20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Qc2 Rc8 22.Qb3 a5 23.d4 Qb5+ 24.Rd3 a4
25.Qd1 Be7 26.Nc3 Qxb2+ 27.Qd2 Nxc3+ 28.Kf1 Qxd2 29.Bxd2 Nd5 30.f4 Rc2
31.f5 Nb4 32.Bxb4 Bxb4 33.Rg4 exf5 0-1

[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Wang,Michael"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2000"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.O-O c6 5.d4 d5 6.exd5 e4 7.Nfd2 cxd5
8.Bb5+ Nbc6 9.c4 a6 10.cxd5 axb5 11.dxc6 Qxd4 12.Nc3 e3 13.Nxb5 exf2+
14.Kh1 Qd8 15.Nc4 Nxc6 16.Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.Bf4 Be6 18.Nb6 Rxa2 19.Rad1+
Ke8 20.Nc7+ Kf7 21.Nxe6 Kxe6 22.Rxf2 Bc5 23.Re2+
Kf7 24.Nc4 Rha8 25.Bd6 Bxd6 26.Nxd6+ Kg6 27.Nxb7 Rb8 28.Nc5 Rbxb2
29.Rxb2 Rxb2 30.Nd3 Ra2 31.Nf4+ Kh6 32.h3 Ne5 33.Rf1 Rd2 34.Ne6 Rd6
35.Nf4 Nd3 36.Nxd3 Rxd3 37.Kh2 Kg6 38.h4 Rd4 39.Kh3 Rd3+ 40.Kh2 Rd4
41.Kh3 f5 42.g3 Kf6 43.Ra1 Kg6 44.Rf1 Rd6 45.Rf4 Kf6
46.Ra4 Kg6 47.Rf4 Rd3 48.Rb4 Kh5 49.Rb5 g6 50.Rc5 Rf3 51.Rc4 h6 52.Kg2
Ra3 53.Rf4 Ra2+ 54.Kh3 Ra5 55.Rb4 Re5 56.Rf4 Re3 57.Rf1 Re4 58.Rf4 Re1
59.Rf2 Re5 60.Rf4 g5 61.hxg5 hxg5 62.g4+ fxg4+ 63.Rxg4 Re3+ 64.Rg3 g4+
65.Kh2 Re2+ 66.Kg1 Kh4 67.Ra3 g3 68.Ra8
Re3 69.Rh8+ Kg4 70.Rg8+ Kf3 71.Rf8+ Kg4 72.Rg8+ Kf5 73.Kg2 Kf4 74.Rf8+
Ke4 75.Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Panchanatham,Vignesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2168"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Qxb7 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6
8.Nb5 Rc8 9.Nxa7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Ra8 11.Qb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 Rb6 13.Qa4 Qa8 14.b3
Rb4 15.Qa5 Rb8 16.d3 Bb4+ 0-1
samsloan
2012-06-09 13:32:17 UTC
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My FIDE rating should appear here in about a week:

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2030390

Not a high rating I must admit, but a rating nevertheless.

Sam Sloan
Post by samsloan
I competed in the "Best of the West Class Championship" in Santa Clara
California this weekend.
While I did not do well, it seems fairly certain that I got a FIDE
rating from this event. This is because I already had 8 FIDE rated
games. It takes 9 so I was one short.
It seems that I need to have 3 FIDE rated opponents for an event to be
FIDE ratable, so I could not just play one game and get my FIDE
rating. Since all 4 of my opponents have a FIDE rating, it seems that
I now have 12 FIDE rated games.
Here are the games. My game against Michael Wang shows that if a
player responds to my Deadly Dangerous Damiano's Defense with normal
moves, I can at least equalize. I came close to winning this game but
he held on for a draw.
[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "03"]
[White "De Guzman,Ricardo"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bd3 Na6 8.a3
dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Qc7 12.b4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Ne2 Rfe8
15.e4 e5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Qc3 Qe7 20.e5 Ng4
21.e6 Bxe6 22.h3 Nf6 23.Nf4 Bd7 24.Rfe1 Qd6
25.Qe5 Qf8 26.Rad1 c5 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Bc6 29.Qf5 g6 30.Qg4 cxb4
31.Bxg6 fxg6 32.Re6 g5 33.Rg6+ Kh7 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Qd7+ Kh8 36.Qxc6
Nb8 37.Qc7 Nc6 38.Qxc6 bxa3 39.Qxb5 a2 40.Qb2+ 1-0
[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Beilin,Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Qb3 Qd7 7.Nc3 e6
8.Nf3 Rb8 9.d3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.Qd1 Nxf3+ 12.exf3 Rd8 13.Ke2 Be7
14.Be3 b6 15.Rg1 O-O 16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Qd2 Kh8 18.Be3 Nf6 19.Rad1 Nd5
20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Qc2 Rc8 22.Qb3 a5 23.d4 Qb5+ 24.Rd3 a4
25.Qd1 Be7 26.Nc3 Qxb2+ 27.Qd2 Nxc3+ 28.Kf1 Qxd2 29.Bxd2 Nd5 30.f4 Rc2
31.f5 Nb4 32.Bxb4 Bxb4 33.Rg4 exf5 0-1
[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Wang,Michael"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.O-O c6 5.d4 d5 6.exd5 e4 7.Nfd2 cxd5
8.Bb5+ Nbc6 9.c4 a6 10.cxd5 axb5 11.dxc6 Qxd4 12.Nc3 e3 13.Nxb5 exf2+
14.Kh1 Qd8 15.Nc4 Nxc6 16.Qxd8+ Kxd8 17.Bf4 Be6 18.Nb6 Rxa2 19.Rad1+
Ke8 20.Nc7+ Kf7 21.Nxe6 Kxe6 22.Rxf2 Bc5 23.Re2+
Kf7 24.Nc4 Rha8 25.Bd6 Bxd6 26.Nxd6+ Kg6 27.Nxb7 Rb8 28.Nc5 Rbxb2
29.Rxb2 Rxb2 30.Nd3 Ra2 31.Nf4+ Kh6 32.h3 Ne5 33.Rf1 Rd2 34.Ne6 Rd6
35.Nf4 Nd3 36.Nxd3 Rxd3 37.Kh2 Kg6 38.h4 Rd4 39.Kh3 Rd3+ 40.Kh2 Rd4
41.Kh3 f5 42.g3 Kf6 43.Ra1 Kg6 44.Rf1 Rd6 45.Rf4 Kf6
46.Ra4 Kg6 47.Rf4 Rd3 48.Rb4 Kh5 49.Rb5 g6 50.Rc5 Rf3 51.Rc4 h6 52.Kg2
Ra3 53.Rf4 Ra2+ 54.Kh3 Ra5 55.Rb4 Re5 56.Rf4 Re3 57.Rf1 Re4 58.Rf4 Re1
59.Rf2 Re5 60.Rf4 g5 61.hxg5 hxg5 62.g4+ fxg4+ 63.Rxg4 Re3+ 64.Rg3 g4+
65.Kh2 Re2+ 66.Kg1 Kh4 67.Ra3 g3 68.Ra8
Re3 69.Rh8+ Kg4 70.Rg8+ Kf3 71.Rf8+ Kg4 72.Rg8+ Kf5 73.Kg2 Kf4 74.Rf8+
Ke4 75.Re8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Best of the West Class Champ"]
[Site "Santa Clara California"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Panchanatham,Vignesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Qxb7 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6
8.Nb5 Rc8 9.Nxa7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Ra8 11.Qb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 Rb6 13.Qa4 Qa8 14.b3
Rb4 15.Qa5 Rb8 16.d3 Bb4+ 0-1
samsloan
2012-06-28 03:45:39 UTC
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My FIDE rating is finally out.

I am rated 1902.

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2030390

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