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

Author: Terry Giles

Date: 04:52:55 03/09/05

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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


Ah, but Kasparov has been the world's No.1 player for some 20 years, he's also
defended his world title many times and maintained his 2800+ elo rating for 20
years.

Terry



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