Author: Shaun Graham
Date: 12:02:55 07/13/98
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On July 13, 1998 at 11:57:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 13, 1998 at 10:30:31, Shaun Graham wrote: > >>PS #2! :) >> >>You don't have to defeat GM's to qaulify for the title, you simply have to >>perform at a certain level in events of a certain category. In swiss system >>tournaments fritz could get paired against almost all 2300-2400 opponents, >>defeat them and have a performance well over 2500 ELO. This isn't even taking >>into consideration, the 1 out of 4 tourneys where fritz would defeat someone of >>the calliber of GM Kotronias. > > >Sorry, but this is mistaken. You have to play in a tournament of a known >"category" and produce a result >= X where X varies based on the category >of the tournament. And it *guarantees* that you are going to have to play >and beat GM's to get the required 3 GM norms... Or you are going to have to >roll over a *bunch* of IM players which is just as good.
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