Can Armageddon games be rated?

General discussions about ratings.
NickFaulks
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Re: Can Armageddon games be rated?

Post by NickFaulks » Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:09 am

Paul McKeown wrote:
Mon Aug 07, 2023 12:49 pm
QUOTE:
1.2 Games where the players have different playing times are not rated.

FIDE HANDBOOK, FIDE RAPID & BLITZ RATING REGULATIONS
It occurs to me that the standard play regulations should have similar wording, although that has always been understood.
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NickFaulks
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Re: Can Armageddon games be rated?

Post by NickFaulks » Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:10 am

Richard Bates wrote:
Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:48 pm
That should be sufficient to invalidate any rating of them.
It's a point, but you don't really mean that. You might have hardly any games left to rate.
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