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Post #237,199
by ChrisR
12/6/05 3:09:02 PM
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New Fairly clueless
Only play chess once in a while and then only with my daughter. Figured that 2600 was pretty high up the ladder (about 2500 points higher than my likely rating). But I was wondering whether this qualifies them as some of the top ranked players in the world?
Post #237,205
by Yendor
12/6/05 3:37:09 PM
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New They don't call those with 2600 ratings...
..."Grand Master"s for nothin'.

[link|http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa03a25.htm|Elo Chess Ratings at About]

[link|http://www.jaderiver.com/chess/ratings.html|A bit more about ratings and titles]
-YendorMike

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     Chess Torunaments? - (ChrisR) - (6) - Dec. 5, 2005, 02:03:52 PM EST
         Sarcasm? Or really that clueless? - (drewk) - (2) - Dec. 5, 2005, 05:03:46 PM EST
             Fairly clueless - (ChrisR) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2005, 03:09:02 PM EST
                 They don't call those with 2600 ratings... - (Yendor) - Dec. 6, 2005, 03:37:09 PM EST
         Yes, and yes. - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Dec. 5, 2005, 07:57:03 PM EST
             So I shouldn't challenge them to a high stakes game? - (ChrisR) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2005, 03:12:25 PM EST
                 Chess is good for a developing mind... - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 6, 2005, 04:20:50 PM EST

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