Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:02:55 06/19/01
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On June 19, 2001 at 14:04:33, John Hatcher wrote: >I've seen no mention here of the widely-acknowledged inflation in FIDE ratings >over the past thirty years. A player rated 2500 today would have been rated no >more than 2400 in 1970 - that an IM rating, not a GM rating. Inflation at the top is a natural consequence of the system. If you had a trillion people playing, you would see some lofty ELO ratings at the top end. Comparing camels to goats isn't much use anyway, unless you want to make a suit. >Ashley is a GM because FIDE says he is. But being a GM doesn't mean what it >used to. No offense to Mr. Ashley, but calling him a GM makes me choke. I think you should teach him a lesson OTB that he won't soon forget.
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