Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:52:06 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 13:51:42, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 13:34:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 30, 2002 at 13:19:45, Dann Corbit wrote: >> > >>>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. > >Don't worry - in 40 years people won't do that anymore but instead will compare >the ratings THEN to the ratings today. :) > >Sargon No, the issue _then_ will be how does the SSDF rating of 3420 compare to 2002's rating of 2850 or 1970's rating of 2780? :) Or how does ICC's new all-time-high (in 2042) of 3920 compare to FIDE's current 3050 ratings? :)
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