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'Thin' client access to MSA data
Three URLs have been created to facilitate access to MSA data from
devices like PDAs and cell phones. They are:
USCF Member Lookup (http://msa.uschess.org/thin.php)
USCF ID Search (http://msa.uschess.org/thin2.php)
http://msa.uschess.org/thin3.php (USCF Member Lookup with parameters in URL only.)
The 'USCF Member Lookup' URL will give you the name, expiration date,
status and published ratings for a USCF ID, plus the member's FIDE ID
and current FIDE rating, if available. The default is today's date,
so it will return the current published rating for someone, but you can
enter an earlier date. (You can also call it using the ID you want
to look up, eg, msa.uschess.org/thin.php?11111111)
The 'USCF ID Search' URL will let you search for USCF ID's by last
name (at least 2 characters required), plus an optional first name and
state field.
The third URL is intended for automated queries and requires all
data in the URL (using the 'GET' method.) The thin.php
and thin3.php URLs will accept both the USCF ID and a cutoff date as
part of the URL, eg, msa.uschess.org/thin3.php?11111111;2006-08-01
will give the player's published ratings as of the August 2006
supplement (or earlier.)
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