Elo Rating List

Submitted by bendcat on Wed, 08/15/2007 at 3:29am.

The Elo rating system was invented by Árpád Élö" (1903-1992), a Hungarian-born American physics professor, who spelled his name "Elo" after he left Hungary. So Elo is not an acronym and should not be wirtten ELO.

Here's a list of rating categories, somehow this can help other who's not familiar with Elo.

Playing strength	Player category
1000-1600	Average club player
1600-2100	Strong club player
2100-2300	International league player
2300-2450	International Master (IM)
2450-2600	Grandmaster (GM)
2600-2850	Supergrandmaster, world champions, Kasparov

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Comments:

by gm_florence - 13 months ago
manila,philippines Philippines

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 12

wag mo nga yan pansinin si phobetor inggit lang yan sayo..pansin mo lagi kang kinokontra...keep up the good work!..you're helping us a lot

by batgirl - 13 months ago
NC United States

Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 3114

Arpad Elo

by Phobetor - 13 months ago
Eindhoven Netherlands

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 657

Why not put this in the Chessopedia or Chess Articles section? When I think of a blog, I think of personal stories people share with others about themselves or what they did lately.

Also I think your list is a little inaccurate. According to FIDE rules, you need 2300 for FM, 2400 and some norms for IM and 2500 and some norms for GM. Although some FMs, IMs and GMs drop below that rating, it would be more fair to say 2300-2400 = FM, 2400-2500 = IM, 2500+ = GM. Also as far as I know, "Supergrandmasters" are players above 2700, not 2600. The titles are already inflated (when they introduced the GM title there were around 10 GMs, and now there are about 1,000), so giving 150 players the title of Supergrandmaster is a bit too much in my opinion.

And what do you mean by "international league player"? I'm around 2200 now, but I've only played tournaments in the Netherlands (where I live ) so "international" wouldn't fit me