From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> COMCAST <dot> NET>
Date: 13 dec 2002
Subject: Re: My last comment on the grades issue

> I had mentioned earlier that we could accept any grade and just list on
the
> Elo list both a player's FESA/USSF grades and his NSR grade (in case he
has
> one). Both are titles, but they may mean different things, so why not list
> both? In that case we don't need to speculate or make judgement calls
about
> NSR grades.
>
> Pieter

     This idea sounds good to me.  Would we also list other club ranks (i.e.
Asle's shodan from Shinjuku Center) in the second column?  By the way, I
would point out that many clubs in Japan, including the Shinjuku (the
world's largest), don't generally recognize NSR 5 Dan ranks unless they were
earned in national Japanese championships.  So when I play there (and I
presume the same if Gert plays there), I am 4 Dan.

     Larry