Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:34:25 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 13:19:45, Dann Corbit wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 13:15:59, Jerry Jones wrote: > >>Does anybody know what the highest official ELO rating according to FIDE is that >>was ever attained by a human, Kasparov that is. >>Is it possible that a few years ago his rating was a few points higher ? >>If Kasparov had declined to play Deep Blue, would this have influenced his >>rating ? > >You can add one million points to his ELO rating if you like. Or subtract them. > Just be sure to do it to everyone else and it is perfectly valid. > >ELO figures are only valuable as differences within a pool of players who have >had many competitions against each other. The absolute numbers mean absolutely >nothing. This is a continual problem. :) 32 degrees F means one thing. 32 degrees C means another thing. 32 degrees K means another thing. No way to compare today's 2850 rating to the ratings of players 40 years ago.
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