http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain....78070-12866780

Check out player #3 on this crosstable. It appears that a Chicago junior high school kid, rated 418, swept a group of experts and masters 6-0 at the 2003 US Amateur Team, then dropped out of sight. This HAS to be a mistake, right? Can anyone enlighten me as to what happened here?

Thanks in advance.

"realtime" wrote in message
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http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain....78070-12866780

Check out player #3 on this crosstable. It appears that a Chicago
junior high school kid, rated 418, swept a group of experts and masters
6-0 at the 2003 US Amateur Team, then dropped out of sight. This HAS to
be a mistake, right? Can anyone enlighten me as to what happened here?

DaVaughn Hailey is the name. The internet seems to bring up nothing except
the link that you gave. He (?) went from 418 to 2341 in one event. I wonder
what has happened in the pas three years. A real puzzle.

These are the people he beat - are any of them here?
Antoine Hutchinson 2052
Vladi Yanovsky 1942
Raymond S Kaufman 2196
Anthony Ortega 2233
James E Lewis 2246
GREGORY CHIEDOZIE ACHOLONU 2247

Alan OBrien wrote:
"realtime" wrote in message
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http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain....78070-12866780

Check out player #3 on this crosstable. It appears that a Chicago
junior high school kid, rated 418, swept a group of experts and masters
6-0 at the 2003 US Amateur Team, then dropped out of sight. This HAS to
be a mistake, right? Can anyone enlighten me as to what happened here?

DaVaughn Hailey is the name. The internet seems to bring up nothing except
the link that you gave. He (?) went from 418 to 2341 in one event. I wonder
what has happened in the pas three years. A real puzzle.

Very interesting. CL's report on that USATE (6/2003 issue) does not
seem to mention him. To have played such a slate of masters and
experts, the kid would have had to be on at least 3rd board, indicating
he was on a rather weak team. But I can't find any web-site with the
full 2003 results by team.

These are the people he beat - are any of them here?
Antoine Hutchinson 2052
Vladi Yanovsky 1942
Raymond S Kaufman 2196
Anthony Ortega 2233
James E Lewis 2246
GREGORY CHIEDOZIE ACHOLONU 2247

I solved the mystery. As I suspected, it is simply a mistake. The player who went 6-0 is not DeVaughn Hailey (USCF ID No. 12866780) but rather NM Dennis Rylander (USCF ID. No. 12688780). Someone obviously inverted the ID numbers, resulting in a windfall for the presumably inactive (and accurately 418-rated) Mr. Hailey. I assume that Mr. Rylander doesn't pay much attention to his rating, otherwise he would have noticed that he received no credit for his 6-0 score.

"realtime" wrote in message
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I solved the mystery. As I suspected, it is simply a mistake. The
player who went 6-0 is not DeVaughn Hailey (USCF ID No. 12866780) but
rather NM Dennis Rylander (USCF ID. No. 12688780). Someone obviously
inverted the ID numbers, resulting in a windfall for the presumably
inactive (and accurately 418-rated) Mr. Hailey. I assume that Mr.
Rylander doesn't pay much attention to his rating, otherwise he would
have noticed that he received no credit for his 6-0 score.

It makes you wonder.. That result was from 2003. No one noticed in 3 years
and I don't know how you happened to notice it now. How many more mistakes
are there? Is this the only one?

Taylor Kingston wrote:
It would appear someone transposed ID numbers at some point in the
registration and/or reporting process.

The USCF webpage says they only accept corrections from TDs but, since
nobody else has said they've done so, I've mailed them to let them
know about this thread.


Dave.

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really old!

I happened to notice it when checking out some of the past results of an upcoming opponent. It would really be interesting if Mr. Hailey tries to enter a novice section at a tournament in Chicago and is told by the TD that he is only eligible for the Open section....