Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 03:36:53 05/13/00
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On May 12, 2000 at 04:20:55, Frederic Friedel wrote: >Posted by James Robertson on May 11, 2000 at 19:50:03: > >> Kramnik refuted this argument in an artical shortly after the FIDE WC. He took >> the win percentages of the top "inflated" players against all lower rated >> players in the last 5 or so years and the statistics showed the higher rated >> players winning very near the percentage expected against the lower rated >> players. > >It was a memorable contribution in Schach 10/1999 pp18-19. Everyone was >discussing how a small group of about nine top players build a club and always >play amongst themselves, keeping their ratings artificially high and not letting >other equally strong players improve their ratings. The impression was this was >a kind of cartel that prevented a lot of players from receiving their due. >Vladimir's contribution was simple: let's just take a look at the numbers. He >lists the results of the nine "club members" from 1995 until the time of writing >against the "suppressed elite" -- GMs between 2550 and 2670. > >1. Kasparov +41 -04 =33 >2. Anand +47 -06 =40 >3. Kramnik +59 -07 =70 >4. Shirov +79 -35 =108 >5. Adams +71 -31 =120 >6. Ivanchuk +47 -11 =74 >7. Karpov +30 -07 =58 >8. Gelfand +38 -11 =102 >9. Topalov +65 -25 =71 >Total +447 -137 =676 > >"I think these figures require no further commentary", Vladimir wrote. Yes, his letter, including these statistics, was also in a back issue of TWIC. Dave
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