Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:21:25 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 20:19:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 16:58:50, pavel wrote: > >>On May 30, 2002 at 15:50:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 30, 2002 at 14:56:10, Terry McCracken wrote: >>> >>>>On May 30, 2002 at 13:34:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>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. >>>> >>>>That is very true, and although I hate to use the Chess "F" Word, IMO >>>>"Fischer's" 2780 (FIDE) rating had more weight than _any_ 2800+ rating achieved >>>>in the 1990's. >>>> >>>>No one came close to that figure back in 1972. There is no way to compare these >>>>ratings to contemporary players but obviously back in '72, 2780 was amazing, >>>>considering the relative ratings of that era. >>>> >>>>Terry >>> >>> >>>I would agree, with the caveat that Kasparov's 2850 is also pretty >>>amazing for a "number". I wouldn't begin to try to debate the >>>virtues of Fischer's 2780 vs Kasparov's 2850 however... Since they never >>>really played in the same rating pool enough to make it interesting. >> >>Did Kasparov ever play Fischer? >>I never saw any game (from my pgn database) between them. >> >>would be interesting, if someone could point me up to some of the games played >>between them. >> >> >>pavs > > >No. They did have Karpov as a common opponent. But Karpov was in his prime >with fischer active. Kasparov did poorly against Karpov the first time or >two, but it appeared that age became the equalizer. Fischer didn't have that >advantage... I worded that poorly. I don't think Fischer played Karpov. But Spassky and Karpov played and Fischer certainly played him plenty of games to "connect his rating to Karpov loosely"...
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