Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:56:45 01/16/03
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On January 16, 2003 at 16:47:53, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 16, 2003 at 16:16:02, david wight wrote: > >>please help with your thoughts. > >I, Dann Corbit, as a human player, am at 2900. Of course, that puts Kasparov at >2900+1900, = 4800 (roughly speaking). > >The numbers are arbitrary and have no meaning in absolute value. The only >purpose of ELO is to demonstrate strength levels via DIFFERENCES. > >HTH So you DO admit that there are playing strength levels in chess, just that it can't be gaged exactly. One year 2800 might be a certain level of game, and the next year it might take about 3500 to play the same game! S.Taylor
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