Author: gerold daniels
Date: 16:55:12 03/08/05
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On March 08, 2005 at 19:35:33, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 08, 2005 at 19:28:38, John Jack wrote: > >>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 > >See: >http://www.chessmetrics.com/FE/Graphs150.htm good evening Dann. thanks for the web site. interesting. gerold.
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