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Subject: Re: YOU too ??

Author: Eddie

Date: 12:07:22 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.
>
>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.
>
>JOHN

Are you prejudice?  Or just a punk asshole??



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