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Elo is known for his chess player rating system. The original player rating system was developed in 1950 by Kenneth Harkness, the Business Manager of the United States Chess Federation. By 1960, using the data developed through the Harkness Rating System, Elo developed his own formula which had a sound statistical basis and constituted an ...
Arpad Elo was a chess master and an active participant in the United States Chess Federation (USCF) from its founding in 1939. [4] The USCF used a numerical ratings system devised by Kenneth Harkness to enable members to track their individual progress in terms other than tournament wins and losses. The Harkness system was reasonably fair, but ...
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation. Most of the systems are used to ...
In 1960, the USCF adopted a more reliable rating system invented by Arpad Elo, a college professor of physics who was a chess master. Elo worked with USCF for many years. The system he invented, or a variant of it, was later adopted by FIDE, and is utilized in other games and sports, including USA Today's college football and basketball ...
The United States Chess Federation named her "Grandmaster of the Year" in 2003, the first time a woman has won that honor. [22] In that same year, Polgar also became the first woman to win the US Open Blitz Championship, against a field which included seven grandmasters. She won that title again in 2005 and in 2006.
Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1970s Country Player Peak rating in 1970s Achieved 1 Bobby Fischer: 2785 1972-07 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2725 1978-01 3 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1979-01 4 Boris Spassky: 2690 1971-07 5 Bent Larsen: 2660 1971-07 Mikhail Tal: 2660 1973-07 7 Lajos Portisch: 2650 1973-07 8 Tigran Petrosian: 2645 1972-07 Lev ...
Chess expert is a title given by the United States Chess Federation (USCF). It is awarded to chess players rated from 2000 to 2199. Players rated above that are masters, while players below that are class players. Approximately 50,000 chess players have USCF ratings, of which approximately 2,500 are rated 2000 or better.
FIDE publishes lists of highest-rated girl chess players; a "girl" is defined as being a player who is aged under 20 at the start of the year, and female. The following is a list of the players ranked number one girl in the FIDE rating system from January 2000 to the present day, along with their ratings during the periods in question.