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Subject: Re: What it take to became a GM, Rating is a Big part of it. Sorry ...

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 22:14:38 06/16/01

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On June 16, 2001 at 15:15:17, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On June 16, 2001 at 10:07:19, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>Without a rating of 2500+ no one can became a Grandmaster. Since computers are
>>band from playing to make norms, the only standard it can meet is the rating.
>>Sorry but this is fact. Some of you need to know what you are taking about
>>before speaking.
>
>See my reply to your original post as to why I think using the rating
>as a reference is a bad idea.
>
>Maybe thats what FIDE uses now, but that doesn't mean you can just
>apply it to computers too. In fact you can't.
>
>--
>GCP


FIDE doesn't use that.  It requires "GM norms" which are 2600+ TPR numbers
in suitable events...

The 2500 + rating requirement is just the first hurdle.  Your rating can't
drop under 2500 or it becomes moot with the GM norms...



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