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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.
Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include five-year averages for later players Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov. It did list January 1978 ratings of 2780 for Fischer and 2725 for Karpov. [2] In 1970, FIDE adopted Elo's system for rating current players, so one way to compare players of different eras is to compare their Elo ratings ...
This module is used on the World Football Elo Ratings article to display a table of the current top 20 teams as ranked by the official website. As with the FIFA World Rankings article, the module is used instead of a conventional wikitable to prevent errors in updating, as the module is much easier and quicker to update, and also to reduce vandalism.
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 ...
The Elo rating system is currently the most widely used (though it has many variations and improvements). The Elo-like ratings systems have been adopted in many other contexts, such as other games like Go, in online competitive gaming, and in dating apps. [1] The first modern rating system was used by the Correspondence Chess League of America ...
There were unofficial lists in 1964, 1969, 1970 and January 1971, as the Elo rating system was first introduced. [where?From 1971 to 1980, there was one main rating list published each year (for a total of 10), initially published in July from 1971 to 1973, then once in May (1974), before switching to annual publication in January from 1975 to 1980 (in this period, some supplements and ...
The World Football Elo Ratings are a ranking system for men's national association football teams that is published by the website eloratings.net. It is based on the Elo rating system but includes modifications to take various football-specific variables into account, like the margin of victory, importance of a match, and home field advantage.
Performance rating (abbreviated as Rp) in chess is the level a player performed at in a tournament or match based on the number of games played, their total score in those games, and the Elo ratings of their opponents. It is the Elo rating a player would have if their performance resulted in no net rating change. Due to the difficulty of ...