Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 10:16:56 06/30/99
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On June 30, 1999 at 11:20:54, Pete Galati wrote: > >Would somebody pleas explain to me why these ratings are needed? I'm quite sure >that I have a very narrow focus on the whole thing, but I really don't see what >they are being used for. If it's a marketing thing, then it does not seem to >apply well to most programs?-most of which are not comercial as I see it. > >Pete It has to do with ego. People feel better when they (or their programs) have a higher rating. I really do not see why, perhaps because I do not play online. I understand why a professional chess player wants to increase her/his FIDE rating, as it means more invitations to better tournaments. But rating points at online chess servers seems worthless to me, nobody will give one gram of tea for one hundred rating points at ICC (: José.
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