From: Larry Kaufman MSN COM> Date: 1 may 2001 Subject: Re: Yoshiharu Habu plays a chess tournament in Paris ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C0D21C.C4DE63C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: J. Andrew Lipscomb Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 10:47 PM To: SHOGI-L TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL Subject: Re: Yoshiharu Habu plays a chess tournament in Paris Habu Yoshiharu's Elo performance for the tournament was 2455. This perfo= rmance, if it holds up, places him just barely among the world's best 1,000 chess players, and th= e best from Japan (the current best is Watanabe Akira, although the best historically among acti= ve players has been Domingo Ramos). The current Pan-Atlantic shogi ratings would indicate that a 2455 corresp= onds to an amateur 5-dan. (To judge whether this is valid, the average tournament chessplayer is a = 1500, or about a 2-kyu. I believe Habu had a previous partial FIDE rating from last year's C= hicago Open, which was somewhat lower (low 2300s I believe), so his actua= l FIDE rating should be somewhere in between, perhaps around 2400. 2400 = is an important number, because it is the minimum rating necessary for th= e International Master title (though there are other requirements which H= abu has not met). My own FIDE rating is 2422, so there is some chance th= at Habu may take away my "title" of top rated chess player among "strong"= (say amateur 3 dan or better) shogi players. Larry Kaufman
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----- Original Message -----
From: J. Andrew Lipscomb
Sent:=  Monday, April 30, 2001 10:47 PM
To: SHOGI-L TECHUNIX TECHNION AC IL
Subject: Re: Yoshiharu Habu plays a chess = tournament in Paris

Habu Yoshiharu's Elo performance= for the tournament was 2455.  This performance, if it holds up,
= places him just barely among the world's best 1,000 chess players, and th= e best from Japan (the
current best is Watanabe Akira, although the be= st historically among active players has been Domingo Ramos).

The = current Pan-Atlantic shogi ratings would indicate that a 2455 corresponds= to an amateur 5-dan.
(To judge whether this is valid, the average tou= rnament chessplayer is a 1500, or about a 2-kyu.
 
     I believe Habu had a previous partial FIDE ra= ting from last year's Chicago Open, which was somewhat lower (low 2300s I= believe), so his actual FIDE rating should be somewhere in between, perh= aps around 2400.  2400 is an important number, because it is the min= imum rating necessary for the International Master title (though there ar= e other requirements which Habu has not met).  My own FIDE rating is= 2422, so there is some chance that Habu may take away my "title" of top = rated chess player among "strong" (say amateur 3 dan or better) shogi pla= yers.
 
     Larry Kaufman=


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