Author: Côme
Date: 12:06:51 06/20/01
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On June 20, 2001 at 13:38:23, Dann Corbit wrote: >On June 20, 2001 at 13:08:10, Mark Young wrote: >[snip] >>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. > >However, when they are old, it really does become more and more of a "paper >title" -- let's admit it. There is a huge inertia in ELO calculations. If you >play ten years, starting when you are ten years old, even if you are a prodigy, >it is doubtful you will start out above 1800. So, over a broad span of time, >your ELO figures in thousands of games at below (say) 2200. Imagine the >incredible performance you must achieve to pull the ELO over 2500! You must >play tremendous chess for a very long time to do it. Now, examine the reverse >side of the coin. Suppose you are a super GM who has played for decades. Maybe >for 20 years your ELO was over 2600. If your ELO is now at 2495, it means you >are playing 1800 chess. Hello ! That is nonsense Dann and I hope you realise. A past 2600 player who have now 2495 doesn't play 1800 chess.All your paragraphe is nonsense may be you should play chess before talking about it. Best Regards Alexandre Côme > >>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. > >I don't think you are a bigot. He is a popular target and you probably saw >someone else picking on him and used him as an example. At any rate, I think >that Ashley would be a very good opponent for a computer. If you look at some >of the games I posted, he can do quite well against very high level competition.
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