Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 01:31:44 10/03/02
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On October 02, 2002 at 23:15:45, Terry Ripple wrote: >Larry Christiansen was higher rated in the past, but now his USCF Rating taken >from August 2002 issue is "2642". He is still very active and winning his share >of games with 2600 players and some even stronger! I think you should be posting FIDE ratings, the local american rating doesn't mean a lot since the scale doesn't compare to FIDE, 2642 (USCF) could well be much less than 2600 (FIDE!) as Vincent says. -S. >He plays 25 minute games several times a week on world Chess Network against >many Grandmasters and wins quite his share of games! (18.5 to 7.5) > >Your Statement Vince: saying he plays better with 2 minutes a move than with 3 >minute a move is the most idiotic statement ever done. > >I never commented about 3 minutes a move being better than 2 minutes a move. >Larry stated that the time control he played (2minutes + 120 seconds per move) >seemed to benifit him better than the time control 30 moves in 60 minutes that >was originaly agreed upon. The only reason this time control wasn't used was >because ICC don't use this type of time control on their site! > >Tomorrow i will present you with a list of all the Grandmasters that Larry - >Christiansen won in 25 minute games over the last 2 months! > >He has an incredible score of 18.5 points out of a total of 26 games!! This >don't sound like a weak player to me! > >Regards, > Terry
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