Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 17:14:38 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 09:18:37, Christopher R. Dorr wrote: >I remember somebody doing this about 5 years ago, and posting the results in >rec.games.chess. If I recall correctly (please correct me if I am wrong), the >difference was only a little more than FIDE+50=UCSF. > >While this seemed low, when you looked at the data it made sense. The first >people you think of in this comparison are the GMs with 2700 USCF ratings, and >2575 FIDE ratings. But there are a great many USCF 2225 NMs with FIDE 2290 type >ratings which counteract this. I personally know 2 local Masters whose FIDE >ratings are significantly higher than their USCF (i.e. FIDE2335/USCF2230, and >FIDE2180/USCF2090). > >I think the assumption that FIDE ratings are over 1000 points lower than USCF on >the whole is a mistaken one. Now there's a cautious a statement! Looks like an extra zero snuck in there ;-) > >Chris > > >On November 30, 2000 at 19:57:28, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On November 30, 2000 at 19:53:55, Terry Ripple wrote: >> >>>If a Player is rated 2500 FIDE, then what would be his aproximate USCF rating? >>> >>>Thanks in advance for your information! >> >>It could be calculated from a list of players who belong to both organizations. >>Without using that data, it would only be a wild guess. There is surely some >>correlation between the strength of players in one group compared to the other >>but without a meaninful mathematical comparison, the only result you could >>obtain is a wild guess or opinion. >> >>I suspect that the needed data does exist. It would simply need to be gathered >>and analyzed.
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