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Subject: Re: Can Garry Break his own elo rating after this is over?

Author: John Jack

Date: 16:28:38 03/08/05

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On March 08, 2005 at 18:39:57, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 08, 2005 at 17:02:06, Joseph Merolle wrote:
>
>>Just wondering if he could break his old record of 2840+   after linaras?
>
>The absolute number is almost meaningless.  The only value of an Elo rating is
>to compare it with the numbers for his contemporaries.  So the differences are
>what is important.
>
>If you subtract or add 1000 to all the numbers, nothing changes.
>
>There is no sound way to connect the Elo figures from different eras.
>
>It is like a moving stream, with different volumes of water all the time.


BOBBY FISCHER rating was 2780 Over Thirty years ago 2810 in one issue of chess
life (So what the big deal Kasparov rating)

John E Jack

• Re: Can Garry Break his own elo rating after this is over? Terry Giles 04:52:55 03/09/05
  • Re: Can Garry Break his own elo rating after this is over? Terry Giles 05:04:10 03/09/05
• Re: Can Garry Break his own elo rating after this is over? Dann Corbit 16:35:33 03/08/05
  • Re: Can Garry Break his own elo rating after this is over? gerold daniels 16:55:12 03/08/05

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