Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 09:55:52 06/20/01
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On June 20, 2001 at 11:22:49, Mark Young wrote: >On June 20, 2001 at 11:05:21, C McClain Morris, Jr. wrote: > >>It's more revealing about the mindset of the questioner, in regards to the >>legitimacy of GM Ashley's GM status. Why wasn't this question asked about the >>playing strength of non-black GM's who earned their GM norm consistent with GM >>Ashley's performance? >> >>CMcMo > > >I. GM Ashley is an example of an average Grandmaster. > >II. GM Ashley is a Newer Grandmaster. > >III. GM Ashley has a rating below 2500 as many other Grandmasters do, not just >the "old Grandmasters" > >IV. GM Ashley best Elo was just 2500. GM Ashley is a popular target, almost certainly because he is black. There are other GM's with lower ELO. >Making the point that this is all that is needed to be a Grandmaster in todays >world, Not the lofty standards Bob and other are trying to say it take to be a >Grandmaster. You still have to get 3 2600 norms in an extremely talented field or meet the other requirements. There are 6 billion people on the earth. There are less than 500 GM's. That means that less than one in 12,000,000 persons on the earth have achieved that distinction. To become a GM is harder than to become a professional basketball player. To become a GM is harder than just about any other task I can think of. GM's deserve nothing but praise because of their distinction as such. The cries of "watered down!" are absurd spew. IMO-YMMV.
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