Author: John Hatcher
Date: 13:37:28 06/19/01
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On June 19, 2001 at 15:02:55, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. Dann, I enjoy humor as much as the next guy, but I think you missed the point. It's not the inflation at the top of the rating list I'm talking about, it's inflation at the bottom, i.e., the 2500 GM level. I think a 2500+ GM from 1971 could teach Mr. Ashley a lesson. Again, I mean no offense to Mr. Ashley, but a little less political correctness and a little more sense of chess history wouldn't hurt the discussion. JOHN
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