Author: Tapio Huuhka
Date: 12:45:00 06/13/01
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On June 13, 2001 at 15:03:42, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >No I'm not on the FIDE list. My definition of a strong player varies. In a >standard chess club anyone over 1800, on the world circuit 2600 and above. >Of course those are extremes. In general anyone today with a rating above 2000 >and plays for a hobby is strong, over 2200 is very strong. Expert is about 95% >higher than an average tournament player, Master is about 99% >better , while a Grandmaster is over 99.999% stronger. >An average bieng about 1600. My data may be a little >out of date but I'm sure it's close. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the comment, seems to correspond well with my expectations. I got curious and checked the Finnish list with its fine search: 6924 ratings, average selo 1629 (Finnish Elo), high 2612 (many foreigners in top 100), low 966 (the only one under 1000), 675 players over 2000 -- that's less than 10 percent Tapio
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