Article: 12006 of rec.games.chess.misc Path: info!strath-cs!uknet!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!cri.ens-lyon.fr!singer!esmargia From: esmargia@singer.cecam.fr (Enrico SMARGIASSI) Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc Subject: Re: Categories and classes Date: 1 Oct 1996 15:30:07 GMT Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France Lines: 20 Message-ID: <52rddv$o1a@cri.ens-lyon.fr> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: singer.cecam.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] D.Regis (dregis@exeter.ac.uk) wrote: : I often read about "first category" or "second category" players in : literature from the old Soviet Union. : How do these match up to ELO ratings or USCF classes? AFAIK, they are "classes" in the usual chess sense (strength difference between consecutive classes is ~ 200 Elo). 1st cat. means about 2000-2100 (European) Elo, 2nd corresponds to 1800-1900 etc.. -- Enrico Smargiassi Centre Europeen de Calcul Atomique et Moleculaire (CECAM) Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon - 46, Allee d'Italie - Aile LR5 69364 Lyon CEDEX 07, France phone: +33 72 72 86 32 fax : +33 72 72 86 36 URL : http://www.cecam.fr/~esmargia From info!dregis Mon Oct 7 11:55:27 BST 1996