I just want to go by the rule book. Isn’t there a central location where everyones’ ratings are posted each month which qualifies as following the rule book if a TD gets the ratings from there? Isn’t that what the supplement was meant to be for? More importantly, is that what the Golden DB is meant to be for? Lastly, how does a TD follow the rule book by a central file put out by the USCF for 100 players in his or her tournament without having to look at each player’s rating one by one in order to fulfill the rule book’s requirement?
In pre-Internet days, we sent out published supplement booklets every two months.
These days things are online.
A player’s page at ratings.uschess.org should show their current published rating, which would be the February list since we’re in February. Some events may choose to use an older supplement or the March supplement after it comes out in about two weeks, that’s something they should announce in pre-event publicity.
The 3 downloadable files should have the same ratings as those shown on a player’s page, whether it’s more convenient to use the player pages or the file is a matter of preference, I believe either meet the requirements for showing someone’s current published rating.
Personally, I preferred the online data since it also showed updated membership information
No, it shows their published rating, though you can drill down to their most recent event by using their tournament history list on the right hand side of the page.
I think it would be counter-productive to only show the unofficial ratings, and if an organizer/TD wants to use unofficial ratings, having to drill down a little to get to them is part of the tradeoff between using published ratings or unofficial ratings.
The info icon next to the big ‘ratings’ boxes says:
Current Published Rating (Supplement)
Tournament directors should use the appropriate published rating unless otherwise announced in all pre-tournament publicity. For example: events which begin prior to September 1st should use the August supplement.
The ratings shown here are official published ratings, which US Chess issues 12 times a year. As of September 1, 2013, Official ratings lists are generated on the 3rd Wednesday of each month and become official on the 1st day of the next month.
For unofficial rating information from recently rated events, see Tournaments