Sadler England's new Number 1 on Live Chess Ratings

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John Moore
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Sadler England's new Number 1 on Live Chess Ratings

Post by John Moore » Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:27 pm

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

Post by John Moore » Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:33 pm

A success for (Grand) masterly inactivity.

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Re: Sadler England's new Number 1 on Live Chess Ratings

Post by Joey Stewart » Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:47 pm

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.