Author: Mark Young
Date: 14:38:44 07/13/98
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On July 13, 1998 at 10:26:24, Guido Schimmels wrote: > >On July 13, 1998 at 05:25:33, Shaun Graham wrote: >... >>Many I.M.s get the grandmaster title simply >>by playing in lots of tournaments in europe, if you are an I.M, and you play >>enough especially in lower category tourneys you will get the 3 GM norms. In >>the New york open there were several GMs in the under 2400 section, and >>even a couple rated under 2300!! So is Fritz a GM? >... > >(Caution, may be considered off-topic !) > >Yes, GM doesn't necessarily mean a thing today, the title has become >somewhat inflated. >There are roughly 500 GM's now. At least 400 too much IMHO ! >Or does anyone admire or only care about a player ranked 450 in the world >in tennis for example ? And chess is a very marginal competition (sport ?) ! > >Well, Fritz (or Rebel or ...) could easily pick those 3 GM norms if FIDE >would let them, (play hundreds of tournaments a year if necessary) ! > >I think a player should be rated >2600 for 2 or 3 years before he can be >called a GM (remember, we once started with only 20 GM's !). >Many in the chess-world feel this way - that's why the inofficial 'Super-GM' >title was invented for this category of players. > >- Guido - I heard talk a few years ago of making a new title for the stronger players. I think it was to be called World Grandmaster or some such thing. Is their still talk on making a new title?
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