Author: Don Dailey
Date: 07:43:27 07/14/98
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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. Hi Shaun, I think Bob is more correct on this one. The problem is that if you continue to beat up on weaker players, then you are virtually guaranteed some pairings with stronger players. I don't think these tournaments have very many weaker players anyway. But if you can "roll over" these weaker players consistantly, then you probably are playing at grandmaster strength. I think it's EXTREMELY unlikely, perhaps impossible to get a GM norm without hanging with the Grandmasters. - Don
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