Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 16:04:27 02/13/04
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On February 13, 2004 at 17:27:35, martin fierz wrote: >On February 13, 2004 at 16:45:18, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On February 13, 2004 at 06:58:02, David Dory wrote: >> >>>On February 13, 2004 at 00:28:13, Paul Doire wrote: >>> >>>>Hi All, >>>> >>>>I am interested in knowing the strengths of all who post here. >>>>Whether it is USCF or FIDE.To import chess knowledge into chess programs >>>>seems to require the programmer to be strong or at minimum, their resources to >>>>be strong. Who dares to tell...and dares to tell of those who will not tell. >>>>Some human analysis we see would carry more weight knowing the strength of the >>>>analyst. Do you dare to tell? >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Paul >>> >>>I believe Vincent Diepeven, as an FM, would be our strongest OTB player, unless >>>Hsu were to post here (just kidding, Vincent! :-P). I am sure many, like myself, >>>prefer programming and operating engines (theirs and others), rather than >>>playing chess OTB, and have no rating. >> >>Sorry, can't translate "Geldbeschaffungsmassnahme". :) > >let me try: the FM title is an attempt of FIDE to make money. to increase their >target market, they have even created a new product called "candidate master" or >CM, which you get for reaching a 2200 rating. > >>You should know that a Fide Master title is worth absolutely nothing in chess. >>It's just a clever way for FIDE to get money. > >"worth nothing"? i don't know - being an FM myself (the swiss federation pays >for you automatically if you reach the required rating...), i know it's not all >that much, but hey, it just means you reached a 2300 rating at some time. that's >a bit better than nothing i would say :-) In general it means little. It depends on the total number of rated games you have played. > > >>This is what I usually do with a "normal" FM: >[snip] >if you usually win against FMs in short order, then why is your DWZ 2232? ;-) I was half joking. There are almost 200 German Fidemasters with a DWZ < 2232. About 50% are relatively old. This case is not unusual in Germany for example: http://www.schachbund.de/cgi-bin/dwz/spieler.pl?zps=64104-329 Michael > >cheers > martin
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