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

Author: Terry Giles

Date: 05:04:10 03/09/05

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On March 09, 2005 at 07:52:55, Terry Giles 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
>
>
>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



Interestingly Bobby Fischer's highest elo rating was 2785, he actually lost 5
rating points after defeating Boris Spassky in their world championship match!

Terry




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