Author: Pat King
Date: 04:53:42 09/20/98
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On September 18, 1998 at 21:14:07, John Coffey wrote: >My rating has been on the decline these past few years, and I think that it >has less to do with age (I'm 38) than it does with ratings. For one thing, >the ratings seem to differ depending upon what part of the country you are >in. Here in Utah, it is thought that the ratings are low, and our top players >seem to do very well compared to their ratings when they play in out of state >tournaments. I'm in Nebraska, which has a small but active chess community, and I've noticed the same thing when I play out of state. I think that when you're in a small pool of players, there's just fewer rating points to go around. The local Fischer's not going to gain a lot of points beating up on a few club players, and your and my occasional victory over him boosts our ego but not so much our rating, because HE'S not rated accurately. > >Ratings seem to have always gone through periods of inflation and deflation. >Have rating points been harder to get these last few years? As easy as ever... you just have to beat the guy on the other side of the board. I have noticed that he's getting younger and younger, however ;) > >This should affect how we look at programs. At the moment I don't trust >any claim of any rating on any program. > >John Pat
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