The current rating regulation is going to expire by this month end...
https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=172&view=articleAny guesses about the changes that could be brought in with the new regulations from next month?
One of my friends who has inside information told me that from july onwards K factor is gonna change...currently K value is
K = 40 for a player new to the rating list until he has completed events with at least 30 games
K = 20 as long as a player's rating remains under 2400.
K = 10 once a player's published rating has reached 2400 and remains at that level subsequently, even if the rating drops below 2400.
K = 40 for all players until their 18th birthday, as long as their rating remains under 2300.
K = 20 for RAPID and BLITZ ratings all players.
But there is a big debate going on about the K 40 value for youngsters . Because of high K value some players are using it strategically to gain huge elo points with a very small time.. for example a youngster will have k value of 40 before he touches 2300 rating...so one who is around 2299 rating can easily use this fact and gain big rating points ....what they do is when they reach 2290 +- few points...they keep playing lot of tournaments in one month time....and gain huge rating points....
more about this is given in the following interesting article..where it shows how a 1900 player whent to 2500 rating..without even winning players above rating of 2400...
http://zibbitchess.com/the-dubious-k-factor-of-40/SO the rumor is that the new regulations will change the k 40 value...
from July all players k value will be set to 40 for the first 18 games and after that k becomes 10.
also there is one more rumor that the rating floor is going to be reduced to 800 from 1000.
Anybody here has any information on this ? please share...