Sadler England's new Number 1 on Live Chess Ratings
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Sadler England's new Number 1 on Live Chess Ratings
I see that today's Live Chess Ratings shows Mickey Adams now down to 2693.5, following his loss to Gelfand yesterday. Matthew Sadler, not having played for some time, remains at 2694 and therefore is England's No 1. If Mickey were to win today, he would, presumably, go back above Matthew again.
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Re: Sadler England's new Number 1 on Live Chess Ratings
A success for (Grand) masterly inactivity.
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Re: Sadler England's new Number 1 on Live Chess Ratings
I think Mickey will still be accepted as number 1- saddler is great when he plays but I don't think even he would consider himself the best player in the country when he achieved that rank by sitting on an inactive rating.
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.