Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 15:29:35 03/23/02
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On March 23, 2002 at 18:16:54, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 23, 2002 at 18:13:55, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On March 23, 2002 at 17:04:04, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >> >>>On March 23, 2002 at 06:23:21, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>Most people here consider GM Gulko a weak player, simply because of his Fide >>>>rating of only 2602. But what most of us here don't even consider is that GM >>>>Gulko has faced stronger opponents than GM Van Vely such as Kasparov and even >>> >>>I said this before, VW's cannot be compared with Gulko's. For starters, >>>Gulko is a former USSR Champion. Period. >> >>This only proves that he knew to play chess well at that time and that gulko's >>best achievements in the past were better than Van wely's. >> >>It does not say that elo cannot be compared. >>The elo is an estimate for the ability of the player today and is not based on >>the past. >> >>Uri > >Of course the estimate is based on the past results and I mean to say that the >ability of the player today has nothing to do with an achievemnet that happened >many years ago. > >Uri That is correct we can't compare the past results with the present, but if you match Deep Junior Vs GM Van Wely using G/60 plus 10 sec per move, he could and againt might not perform better than GM Gulko. Pichard.
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