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- From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven hauptfeld)
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- Subject: Re: Top FIDE Ratings
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.024913.10208@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 02:49:13 GMT
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- In article <C1C622.2FA@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger) writes:
- >
- >Sokolov was #3 in 1987, but look at him now. I don't know how he ever
- >got to #3, but I think ratings inflation might have had something to do
- >with it. (Please change the header if you're going to start a thread
- >about ratings inflation!) Also, I don't think Yusupov was #4 when he
- >played against Sokolov in the 'Candidates' Final'.
- >
- I think Sokolov and Yusupov shared #3 and #4 with the rating of 2665, but this
- is just from my head and that rating might well have been _after_ Sokolov's
- convincing defeat in his match with Karpov.
-
- I'll also point out that this is Andrei Sokolov, from former USSR (probably
- Russia but I'm not sure), who is not to be found among top 50 players today
- (although he is still young). He is not related to Ivan Sokolov, the rising
- star from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Even their last names are stressed on different
- syllables (Ivan SOkolov [sure] and AnDREY SoKOlov [SokoLOV? Russian speakers,
- help, please!]).
-
- Sven
-