Author: Mark Young
Date: 10:08:10 06/20/01
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On June 20, 2001 at 12:55:52, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. Not by me, I don't have a problem with him being a GM, He teaches me chess on chess wise. I am not the one who has a problem with a 2484 elo GM, It was not I that suggest GM's are not GM's because they don't have a super high rating or because they are old. All it takes is making the norms and have a rating of 2500, and GM Ashley's best elo was just that 2500. I am not the one who suggested players like GM Smyslov (2491elo) with a higher elo the GM Ashley are not worthy to be GM's or be calculated into what a average GM is. > >>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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