Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:31:40 06/18/01
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On June 18, 2001 at 18:01:49, Chris Carson wrote: >Nice summary Mark. Calculate the overall average for GM's, I did it last year >and it was around 2525. Programs are performaing higher than that and >performance is the only thing that matters in my opinion. :) > >I for one do not care about a title, but the performance is the key. :) > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson Several points: 1. anyone check the _age_ of each GM being 'averaged' into this mess? IE a 75 year old GM is still a GM, but won't have much of a rating. 2. anyhone check to make sure ratings were current? IE Fischer's rating is not particularly interesting since it is 30 years old and from a different rating era. The main problem is probably age. Just like the "baby-boomers" are threatening retirement systems around the world, they are also moving up into the "older-GM" group as well. If you have more old GM players, then you will have a lower overall GM average. Which means exactly nothing of course.
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