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ECF ONLINE GRADING LIST: UPDATE
The list appeared in provisional form on 23rd July 2006, and was updated 23rd August to take account of corrections and events reported late. (No games from 2006-7 have been included.) The revised August list is official for ECF Standardplay competitions throughout the season. The printed book, on sale from the start of September, mirrors it exactly.
     So what has changed since the original July list? Just for fun we give updated stats below. What they don't show is the number of people with changed grades since July. It is 560-odd, not counting the 40-something who were not in the July list at all. If you think that's a lot, don't forget that late events have been added. They include a fair-sized congress and a fair-sized league, as well as a number of smaller things. It should be noted, further, that a single correction (to a player's identity, say, in a large league) can affect the grades of a dozen people.
     Reflect also that, two years ago, you got a printed list in July with no attempt at corrections. We've come on since then. The online list has not only enhanced accessibility, it has enhanced accuracy as well.

One thing distorts the 2005-2006 comparison. Last year, "halfgames graded" meant halfgames graded. This year the issue is complicated by the Northern Specials. These are northern events which have paid no Game Fee. Calculations have been done for everyone in these events, but the results of non-Members have not been included in their grades. The 2006 “halfgames graded” figure excludes these. The total number of halfgames calculated is some 12,000 higher.


Halfgames graded
Players active
Players published 		2005
272457
  16426
  12237 		July 2006
269022*
  15607
  11842 		Aug 2006
270605*
  15650
  11873

STANDARD
Halfgames graded
Players active
Players published
A grades
B grades
C grades
D grades
E grades
208369
  13810
  10608
    1859 (129)
    1558 (121)
    2473 (115)
    2606 (105)
    2112 (  97)
200134*
  13045
  10352
    1774 (129)
    1608 (120)
    2419 (115)
    2627 (107)
    1924 (  97)
201539*
  13089
  10383
    1799 (129)
    1600 (120)
    2422 (115)
    2637 (106)
    1925 (  97)

RAPID
Halfgames graded
Players active
Players published
A grades
B grades
C grades
D grades
E grades
  64088
    5483
    3677
      418 (  86)
      232 (  89)
      525 (  95)
    1451 (  73)
    1051 (  67)
  68888*
    5641
    3587
      473 (  84)
      232 (  99)
      460 (103)
    1221 (  80)
    1201 (  50)
  69066*
    5627
    3573
      477 (  84)
      233 (  99)
      458 (103)
    1211 (  80)
    1194 (  50)

* For “halfgames graded”, see note above about Northern Specials.
Figures in brackets are mean grades. "Players active" means players with at least one graded game in the most recent season.


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