In this project, we’re given a text file with chess tournament results where the information has some structure. Our job is to create an R Markdown file that generates a .CSV file (that could for example be imported into a SQL database) with the following information for all of the players:

Player’s Name, Player’s State, Total Number of Points, Player’s Pre-Rating, and Average Pre Chess Rating of Opponents

For the first player, the information would be:

Gary Hua, ON, 6.0, 1794, 1605

1605 was calculated by using the pre-tournament opponents’ ratings of 1436, 1563, 1600, 1610, 1649, 1663, 1716, and dividing by the total number of games played.

##Load libraries used

library(tidyverse)
library(stringr)
library(ggplot2)
library(readr)
library(kableExtra)

##Read file from Github

chess_tbl = readLines("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/carolc57/Data607-Fall23/main/chess_scores.txt")
## Warning in
## readLines("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/carolc57/Data607-Fall23/main/chess_scores.txt"):
## incomplete final line found on
## 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/carolc57/Data607-Fall23/main/chess_scores.txt'
head(chess_tbl, 15)
##  [1] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [2] " Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| "
##  [3] " Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  | "
##  [4] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [5] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|" 
##  [6] "   ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
##  [7] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
##  [8] "    2 | DAKSHESH DARURI                 |6.0  |W  63|W  58|L   4|W  17|W  16|W  20|W   7|" 
##  [9] "   MI | 14598900 / R: 1553   ->1663     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |" 
## [10] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [11] "    3 | ADITYA BAJAJ                    |6.0  |L   8|W  61|W  25|W  21|W  11|W  13|W  12|" 
## [12] "   MI | 14959604 / R: 1384   ->1640     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [13] "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" 
## [14] "    4 | PATRICK H SCHILLING             |5.5  |W  23|D  28|W   2|W  26|D   5|W  19|D   1|" 
## [15] "   MI | 12616049 / R: 1716   ->1744     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |"

##Remove rows w/ dashes

#remove rows w/ dashes
chess_tbl_mod <- str_replace_all(string = chess_tbl, pattern = "^-+$", "")
head (chess_tbl_mod)
## [1] ""                                                                                          
## [2] " Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| "
## [3] " Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  | "
## [4] ""                                                                                          
## [5] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|" 
## [6] "   ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"

#Remove empty vectors

chess_tbl_mod <- chess_tbl[sapply(chess_tbl_mod, nchar) > 0]
head(chess_tbl_mod)
## [1] " Pair | Player Name                     |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| "
## [2] " Num  | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post)       | Pts |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  | "
## [3] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|" 
## [4] "   ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |" 
## [5] "    2 | DAKSHESH DARURI                 |6.0  |W  63|W  58|L   4|W  17|W  16|W  20|W   7|" 
## [6] "   MI | 14598900 / R: 1553   ->1663     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"

##Remove Header rows

chess_tbl_mod <- chess_tbl_mod[-c(1:2)]  ##remove rows 1 and 2 because interfere w/ later operations
head(chess_tbl_mod, 16)
##  [1] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|"
##  [2] "   ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
##  [3] "    2 | DAKSHESH DARURI                 |6.0  |W  63|W  58|L   4|W  17|W  16|W  20|W   7|"
##  [4] "   MI | 14598900 / R: 1553   ->1663     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"
##  [5] "    3 | ADITYA BAJAJ                    |6.0  |L   8|W  61|W  25|W  21|W  11|W  13|W  12|"
##  [6] "   MI | 14959604 / R: 1384   ->1640     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
##  [7] "    4 | PATRICK H SCHILLING             |5.5  |W  23|D  28|W   2|W  26|D   5|W  19|D   1|"
##  [8] "   MI | 12616049 / R: 1716   ->1744     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |"
##  [9] "    5 | HANSHI ZUO                      |5.5  |W  45|W  37|D  12|D  13|D   4|W  14|W  17|"
## [10] "   MI | 14601533 / R: 1655   ->1690     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"
## [11] "    6 | HANSEN SONG                     |5.0  |W  34|D  29|L  11|W  35|D  10|W  27|W  21|"
## [12] "   OH | 15055204 / R: 1686   ->1687     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |"
## [13] "    7 | GARY DEE SWATHELL               |5.0  |W  57|W  46|W  13|W  11|L   1|W   9|L   2|"
## [14] "   MI | 11146376 / R: 1649   ->1673     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |"
## [15] "    8 | EZEKIEL HOUGHTON                |5.0  |W   3|W  32|L  14|L   9|W  47|W  28|W  19|"
## [16] "   MI | 15142253 / R: 1641P17->1657P24  |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |"

##Since the data for one competitor is spread between two rows, I’ll need to create two separate dataframe and paste them together

chess_tbl_mod_odd = chess_tbl_mod[seq(1,128,2)]
chess_tbl_mod_even = chess_tbl_mod[seq(2,128,2)]

#The combined data frame

chess_tbl_mod_combined <- paste(chess_tbl_mod_odd, chess_tbl_mod_even)
head(chess_tbl_mod_combined, 16)
##  [1] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|    ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
##  [2] "    2 | DAKSHESH DARURI                 |6.0  |W  63|W  58|L   4|W  17|W  16|W  20|W   7|    MI | 14598900 / R: 1553   ->1663     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"
##  [3] "    3 | ADITYA BAJAJ                    |6.0  |L   8|W  61|W  25|W  21|W  11|W  13|W  12|    MI | 14959604 / R: 1384   ->1640     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
##  [4] "    4 | PATRICK H SCHILLING             |5.5  |W  23|D  28|W   2|W  26|D   5|W  19|D   1|    MI | 12616049 / R: 1716   ->1744     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |"
##  [5] "    5 | HANSHI ZUO                      |5.5  |W  45|W  37|D  12|D  13|D   4|W  14|W  17|    MI | 14601533 / R: 1655   ->1690     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"
##  [6] "    6 | HANSEN SONG                     |5.0  |W  34|D  29|L  11|W  35|D  10|W  27|W  21|    OH | 15055204 / R: 1686   ->1687     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |"
##  [7] "    7 | GARY DEE SWATHELL               |5.0  |W  57|W  46|W  13|W  11|L   1|W   9|L   2|    MI | 11146376 / R: 1649   ->1673     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |"
##  [8] "    8 | EZEKIEL HOUGHTON                |5.0  |W   3|W  32|L  14|L   9|W  47|W  28|W  19|    MI | 15142253 / R: 1641P17->1657P24  |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |W    |"
##  [9] "    9 | STEFANO LEE                     |5.0  |W  25|L  18|W  59|W   8|W  26|L   7|W  20|    ON | 14954524 / R: 1411   ->1564     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |"
## [10] "   10 | ANVIT RAO                       |5.0  |D  16|L  19|W  55|W  31|D   6|W  25|W  18|    MI | 14150362 / R: 1365   ->1544     |N:3  |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
## [11] "   11 | CAMERON WILLIAM MC LEMAN        |4.5  |D  38|W  56|W   6|L   7|L   3|W  34|W  26|    MI | 12581589 / R: 1712   ->1696     |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"
## [12] "   12 | KENNETH J TACK                  |4.5  |W  42|W  33|D   5|W  38|H    |D   1|L   3|    MI | 12681257 / R: 1663   ->1670     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |     |W    |B    |"
## [13] "   13 | TORRANCE HENRY JR               |4.5  |W  36|W  27|L   7|D   5|W  33|L   3|W  32|    MI | 15082995 / R: 1666   ->1662     |N:3  |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |"
## [14] "   14 | BRADLEY SHAW                    |4.5  |W  54|W  44|W   8|L   1|D  27|L   5|W  31|    MI | 10131499 / R: 1610   ->1618     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |"
## [15] "   15 | ZACHARY JAMES HOUGHTON          |4.5  |D  19|L  16|W  30|L  22|W  54|W  33|W  38|    MI | 15619130 / R: 1220P13->1416P20  |N:3  |B    |B    |W    |W    |B    |B    |W    |"
## [16] "   16 | MIKE NIKITIN                    |4.0  |D  10|W  15|H    |W  39|L   2|W  36|U    |    MI | 10295068 / R: 1604   ->1613     |N:3  |B    |W    |     |B    |W    |B    |     |"

#Tidy Player data. Use various str and regex functions to parse data

chess_final <- chess_tbl_mod_combined  #change file name to preserve data prior to manipulation
head(chess_final)
## [1] "    1 | GARY HUA                        |6.0  |W  39|W  21|W  18|W  14|W   7|D  12|D   4|    ON | 15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
## [2] "    2 | DAKSHESH DARURI                 |6.0  |W  63|W  58|L   4|W  17|W  16|W  20|W   7|    MI | 14598900 / R: 1553   ->1663     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"
## [3] "    3 | ADITYA BAJAJ                    |6.0  |L   8|W  61|W  25|W  21|W  11|W  13|W  12|    MI | 14959604 / R: 1384   ->1640     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |"
## [4] "    4 | PATRICK H SCHILLING             |5.5  |W  23|D  28|W   2|W  26|D   5|W  19|D   1|    MI | 12616049 / R: 1716   ->1744     |N:2  |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |"
## [5] "    5 | HANSHI ZUO                      |5.5  |W  45|W  37|D  12|D  13|D   4|W  14|W  17|    MI | 14601533 / R: 1655   ->1690     |N:2  |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |W    |B    |"
## [6] "    6 | HANSEN SONG                     |5.0  |W  34|D  29|L  11|W  35|D  10|W  27|W  21|    OH | 15055204 / R: 1686   ->1687     |N:3  |W    |B    |W    |B    |B    |W    |B    |"
PlayerIDTemp <- as.integer(str_extract(chess_final, "\\d+"))
PlayerID <- subset(c(PlayerIDTemp), c(PlayerIDTemp)!="0",64)


Name <- str_extract(string = chess_final, pattern = "\\s([[:alpha:] ]{5,})\\b\\s")  #gets name

Player_Points <- str_extract(string = chess_final, pattern = "[0-9]\\.[0-9]")  #gets total points for each player

State <- unlist(str_extract_all(chess_final, "\\|[[:space:]]{1,}[[A-Z]]{2} \\|"))
State <- str_replace_all(State, pattern = "(\\|[[:space:]]{1,})|([[:space:]]{1,}\\|)", replacement = "")

Player_rating <- str_extract(string = chess_final, pattern = "\\s\\d{3,4}[^\\d]")
#remove "P" at end of rating for some players
Player_rating <- as.integer(str_extract(Player_rating, "\\d+"))

USCF_id <- str_extract(string = chess_final, pattern ="[[:digit:]]{8}") 

#Opponent Data - parse player’s opponets per round

Opp_Id <-str_extract_all(str_extract_all(chess_final, "\\d+\\|"), "\\d+")
## Warning in stri_extract_all_regex(string, pattern, simplify = simplify, :
## argument is not an atomic vector; coercing
Opp_Id <-subset(c(Opp_Id), c(Opp_Id)!="0")
head(Opp_Id)
## [[1]]
## [1] "39" "21" "18" "14" "7"  "12" "4" 
## 
## [[2]]
## [1] "63" "58" "4"  "17" "16" "20" "7" 
## 
## [[3]]
## [1] "8"  "61" "25" "21" "11" "13" "12"
## 
## [[4]]
## [1] "23" "28" "2"  "26" "5"  "19" "1" 
## 
## [[5]]
## [1] "45" "37" "12" "13" "4"  "14" "17"
## 
## [[6]]
## [1] "34" "29" "11" "35" "10" "27" "21"

##Function to calculate opponent average ratings

x<-length(chess_tbl_mod)
OppAvgRtg <-numeric(x/2)
for (i in 1:(x/2)) {
  OppAvgRtg[i] <- mean(Player_rating[as.numeric(unlist(Opp_Id[PlayerID[i]]))])
}
OppAvgRtg <- round((OppAvgRtg),0)

##chess_ratings dataframe

chess_ratings <- data.frame(Name,State,Player_Points,Player_rating, OppAvgRtg)

##Write output to .csv file

write.csv(chess_ratings, file = "Carols Chess Ratings.csv");

##Chess Ratings Table

kable(chess_ratings) %>%
kable_styling(bootstrap_options = "striped", full_width = F, position = "center")
Name State Player_Points Player_rating OppAvgRtg
GARY HUA ON 6.0 1794 1605
DAKSHESH DARURI MI 6.0 1553 1469
ADITYA BAJAJ MI 6.0 1384 1564
PATRICK H SCHILLING MI 5.5 1716 1574
HANSHI ZUO MI 5.5 1655 1501
HANSEN SONG OH 5.0 1686 1519
GARY DEE SWATHELL MI 5.0 1649 1372
EZEKIEL HOUGHTON MI 5.0 1641 1468
STEFANO LEE ON 5.0 1411 1523
ANVIT RAO MI 5.0 1365 1554
CAMERON WILLIAM MC LEMAN MI 4.5 1712 1468
KENNETH J TACK MI 4.5 1663 1506
TORRANCE HENRY JR MI 4.5 1666 1498
BRADLEY SHAW MI 4.5 1610 1515
ZACHARY JAMES HOUGHTON MI 4.5 1220 1484
MIKE NIKITIN MI 4.0 1604 1386
RONALD GRZEGORCZYK MI 4.0 1629 1499
DAVID SUNDEEN MI 4.0 1600 1480
DIPANKAR ROY MI 4.0 1564 1426
JASON ZHENG MI 4.0 1595 1411
DINH DANG BUI ON 4.0 1563 1470
EUGENE L MCCLURE MI 4.0 1555 1300
ALAN BUI ON 4.0 1363 1214
MICHAEL R ALDRICH MI 4.0 1229 1357
LOREN SCHWIEBERT MI 3.5 1745 1363
MAX ZHU ON 3.5 1579 1507
GAURAV GIDWANI MI 3.5 1552 1222
SOFIA ADINA MI 3.5 1507 1522
CHIEDOZIE OKORIE MI 3.5 1602 1314
GEORGE AVERY JONES ON 3.5 1522 1144
RISHI SHETTY MI 3.5 1494 1260
JOSHUA PHILIP MATHEWS ON 3.5 1441 1379
JADE GE MI 3.5 1449 1277
MICHAEL JEFFERY THOMAS MI 3.5 1399 1375
JOSHUA DAVID LEE MI 3.5 1438 1150
SIDDHARTH JHA MI 3.5 1355 1388
AMIYATOSH PWNANANDAM MI 3.5 980 1385
BRIAN LIU MI 3.0 1423 1539
JOEL R HENDON MI 3.0 1436 1430
FOREST ZHANG MI 3.0 1348 1391
KYLE WILLIAM MURPHY MI 3.0 1403 1248
JARED GE MI 3.0 1332 1150
ROBERT GLEN VASEY MI 3.0 1283 1107
JUSTIN D SCHILLING MI 3.0 1199 1327
DEREK YAN MI 3.0 1242 1152
JACOB ALEXANDER LAVALLEY MI 3.0 377 1358
ERIC WRIGHT MI 2.5 1362 1392
DANIEL KHAIN MI 2.5 1382 1356
MICHAEL J MARTIN MI 2.5 1291 1286
SHIVAM JHA MI 2.5 1056 1296
TEJAS AYYAGARI MI 2.5 1011 1356
ETHAN GUO MI 2.5 935 1495
JOSE C YBARRA MI 2.0 1393 1345
LARRY HODGE MI 2.0 1270 1206
ALEX KONG MI 2.0 1186 1406
MARISA RICCI MI 2.0 1153 1414
MICHAEL LU MI 2.0 1092 1363
VIRAJ MOHILE MI 2.0 917 1391
SEAN M MC CORMICK MI 2.0 853 1319
JULIA SHEN MI 1.5 967 1330
JEZZEL FARKAS ON 1.5 955 1327
ASHWIN BALAJI MI 1.0 1530 1186
THOMAS JOSEPH HOSMER MI 1.0 1175 1350
BEN LI MI 1.0 1163 1263