| Mike Murray 2006-11-19, 9:05 pm |
| On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:28:38 -0400, "Ange1o DePa1ma"
<angelodpnospam@nospam.gmail.com> wrote:
quote:
>How can you say that a player who knows only how the pieces moves is of 1000
>strength? When I was rated 969 back in the late sixties I knew far more than
>how to move the pieces. Over the years I've played dozens of opponents,
>adults and children, in the 900-1300 range. I assure you they are much more
>savvy than you say they are.
Gotta agree with Angelo on this. For example, in the Montana Open
this year, one player rated 839 scored 2-3, beating players rated
1477 and 1540).
Going to the USCF web site and searching for tournaments "under 1000"
brings up a few hits. People don't usually enter tournaments as soon
as they learn how the pieces move.
It seems to me that ratings of roughly 1000 and below are unstable and
relatively untrustworthy because it doesn't take that much study and
practice to improve enough to gain hundreds of rating points. Think
about going from 1000 to 1400 versus going from 1900 to 2300.
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