Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:12:59 12/10/99
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On December 10, 1999 at 23:36:03, Paul Massie wrote: >Unless this has changed recently, the "life master" certificate is only awarded >to players who have played 300 or more rated games at a 2200 or higher rating. >I've known many players who spent time above the 2200 level (when they were >considered masters) and then dropped below it and were no longer considered >masters. > >Paul I don't know about now, but with the USCF, in 1983, once you got your rating to 2200, you got a "master certificate" and title that was never revoked. Belle was awarded one in 1983 with a rating of 2208 after doing well in the world open that year. In fact, I believe this was done to attack sandbagging, so that you could not artificially drop 200 points and clean up in the class A section when you are really a 2200 player.
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