Author: Darrel Briley
Date: 12:15:15 05/24/05
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On May 24, 2005 at 10:38:49, Dann Corbit wrote: >On May 24, 2005 at 08:34:02, Darrel Briley wrote: > >>On May 24, 2005 at 08:25:38, Darrel Briley wrote: >> >>>On May 23, 2005 at 14:13:14, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On May 21, 2005 at 07:42:00, Peter Berger wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 20:49:42, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Capablanca was clearly the strongest of the group. >>>>> >>>>>Pardon? It's hard to remember a top tournament in history that was more clearly >>>>>dominated by a player than New York 1924 by Lasker. >>>> >>>>You're right. And from 1924-1927, Lasker may have been the stronger: >>>>http://www.chessmetrics.com/CM2/MonthlyLists.asp?Params=191030SSSSS3S000000000000111000000000000010100 >>> >>>I found 5 games played between 1924-1927. In 1924 Capa won 2 games, and drew 2 >>>against Lasker. I also found one draw from Moscow 1925. Seems like it's a bit >>>of a stretch to say that Lasker was stronger during this period. >> >>A bit of confusion. Make that 1 win and 1 draw in 1924...the other 2 games from >>1924 were against Edward Lasker. > >Two head to head games do not decide who is better during a year. The total sum >of all games against opponents at tournament time control is a better measure. > >IMO-YMMV. There is some truth in this, but then again, the Chessmetrics ratings must be taken with a grain (make that a large spoonful) of salt. In the early part of 1927 Boboljubow is shown to be the strongest player in the world in the Chessmetric rating.
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