Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 23:39:39 01/13/01
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On January 13, 2001 at 05:04:41, Uri Blass wrote: [snip] >If there are no players with GM strength we have 100% probability to be wrong >when we decide that a player is of GM strength. There have to be players of GM strength unless strengths are equal. If everyone played like a two year old except a few who played like 5 year olds, they would be GMs. GMs are simply people who can consistently beat most other people. Unless players were almost completely uniform in ability, GMs *must* exist. Since the uniform behavior is not observed, there are GMs. A GM from 1900 does not play the same chess as a GM from 2000. They were GM's then because they played better than everyone else. The theories were not as well developed and many opening flaws were not known yet. GMs will always exist. If everyone of incredible ability left the game, there would still be GMs. They would be whoever was left that was still better than the others. If all 2500+ players alive stopped playing right now and never played again, the 2400 players would quickly become 2500 players because of the change in the talent pool.
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