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Article #217Re: Chess ratings and shoelaces
From: Col. G. L. Sicherman
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1985 17:18
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1985 17:18
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> Between 2200 and 2400, you are called a chess master. But,
> you are not even close to being alowed to tie the shoe laces of the likes
> of Bobby Fischer, Spassky, Kasp[o]_a_rov, etc. Between 2400 and 2600 (maybe
> 2500), you are a grand master. It is now that you go hunting for big game.
> After 2600, you are an international grand master.
In the USCF rating system, 2200-2399 is master, 2400- is senior master.
The title of Grandmaster is awarded only by the International Chess
Federation; it does _not_ depend on one's Elo (i.e., international) or
USCF rating. The only kind of grandmaster is an international grandmaster.
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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