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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.
Arpad Emmerich Elo (né Élő Árpád Imre [1] [2] August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess.
The Elo system was invented by Arpad Elo and is the most common rating system. It is used by FIDE , other organizations and some Chess websites such as Internet Chess Club and chess24.com .
The most well known statistical method was devised by Arpad Elo in 1960 and elaborated on in his 1978 book The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present. [1] He gave ratings to players corresponding to their performance over the best five-year span of their career. According to this system the highest ratings achieved were: 2725: José Raúl ...
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 ...
At Lugano in 1968, Professor Arpad Elo (Milwaukee), Folke Rogard (FIDE President), Dr. Dorazil (Austria) and GM Svetozar Gligorić, formed a (FIDE) sub-committee charged with creating an internationally compatible rating system. Such a system could be used to judge the comparative strength of players and provide a fairer basis upon which ...
A common rating system in chess is the Elo rating system, developed by Arpad Elo. Former International Chess Federation president Florencio Campomanes described it as an "inseparable partner to high-level chess". [1]
Elo rating system The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of chess players, named after Arpad Elo. Since 2012, FIDE publishes a monthly international chess rating list using the Elo system. [143] endgame The third and last phase of the game, when there are few pieces left on the board.