Author: ALI MIRAFZALI
Date: 12:15:48 02/22/02
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On February 22, 2002 at 14:56:45, Mike S. wrote: >On February 22, 2002 at 14:28:27, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote: > >>On February 22, 2002 at 14:21:01, Paul Doire wrote: >> >>>When chess is "figured out" what ELO will that equate to? > >>When Professor Elo devised his scale;3300 USCF was given as the Elo of the >>perfect player.This correspondes to 3100 SSDF Elo.(about) > >Crafty had a blitz rating once, of 3388!! > >http://www.chessclub.com/cgi-bin/finger/finger.pl?handle=crafty > >I assume the ICC uses the elo formulas for it's ratings? > >I think the possible max. elo has been discussed before... Is it true that there >is no upper limit for elo figures (theoretically; I don't ask if a player can >perform >4000 in practise)? > >Regards, >M.Scheidl Actually there is a theoretical limit.Also I am not talking about BLITZ ratings but the rating at 40/2 (at the time of Profeessor elo 40/2.5) As a mathematician I am aware that there has to be a theoretical limit to an Elo rating because the nature of chess in FINITE this easily translates to FINITE rating.It is my personal belief that this translates to 3300 USCF
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