Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 02:34:59 10/03/02
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On October 03, 2002 at 05:14:16, Terry Ripple wrote: >On October 03, 2002 at 04:31:44, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>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. > >Throw all the ratings out, this guy, Larry Christiansen played 26 Grandmasters >in the past 2 months on WCN with a time control of 25 minutes per game and as i >said before that he scored an incredible 18.5 to 7.5 against his opposition who >are Grandmasters from all around the World! Many of them are well know with >fairly high FIDE ratings! I will post them with their ratings if you like! > >Regards, > Terry No you don't have to do that, I'll take your word for it :) He has 2578 in FIDE: http://www.fide.com/cgi-bin/base.cgi?search_name=Larry&search_country=USA&search_sex=M&search_rating_min=2500&search_rating_max=2700 May be it was higher in the past, he must be 48 or something (isn't it possible to get a time/rating graph?). The point was merely that you shouldn't compare USCF with FIDE (I assume Vincent meant FIDE) ;) -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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