Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 04:16:15 01/07/04
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On January 07, 2004 at 00:16:53, Mike Hood wrote: >This is a late reply to the posts that were written about Viktor Kortchnoi >dropping out of the FIDE Top 100 rating list. He could have remained in the list >for the rest of his life if he had simply followed the Fischer method: stop >playing! > >As reported in http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?340131, Robert >Fischer is still officially rated the world's second best player, even though >very few people would expect him to get above the 2500 mark as an active player. >Rather than letting people see his playing standards wane, he simply retired >while he was at his best. Who knows? If Kasparov has a bad year over the next 12 >months, Fischer might be number one in next year's list. I was thinking along the same lines - I think if he skipped the month of October it would have helped , lost almost 50 points in th a month alone , which is huge.... Fischer is considered inactive, but he must be paying his dues or they would not list him at all I believe. In the database, all inactives have an "i" next to their name.
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