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And ratings naturally fluctuate within about 100 points anyway. If a 2380 non-IM master plaGMs, he'd be expected to score about 4 points.

An IM beating a GM isn't all that notable - it's an upset, but far from shocking. On the high end, it's rather silly to say that an IM would eat a master for breakfast, or that a GM would eat an IM for breakfast lunch and dinner.

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There has to be something for 'people who have played the game for years but haven't realized their full potential', and I think that's actually where many class D players fall. I suppose you could claim that 3/4 of tournament players are beginners, but I think that would involve a rather strange definition of 'beginner'. But that leaves no gap at all between 'beginner' and the class C 'most people can achieve this level if they work at it'.Д«ased on a quick search of the USCF website, someone rated 1300 - smack in the middle of class D - is in the 75th percentile of USCF rated tournament players. Perhaps it seems that way to someone rated very high. It doesn't match my perceptions.ДЇor example, it says that a class D player is 'usually a beginner'. (IM and GM are international titles not based on USCF ratings, so they aren't directly comparable.)Д«ut I'm not so sure about the descriptions, especially at the upper and lower ends. The ratings for the class players are correct for the USCF - 1200-1399 is indeed the definition of class D, master is 2200+, etc. When I see these kinds of 'levels' of player on this site, is this the common and correct definition of what they refer too? If not, what is the correct definition? etc, in short, an all around bricks and mortar, brass bound b*st*rd of a player, but they do lose on occasion, sometimes to players with a much lower rating and computers are better than that these days.

2500+ = 'Grandmaster' - eats IMs for breakfast, lunch and dinner, a star in the firmament of Caissa, a chess genius who thinks nothing of playing 20 and 30 board simuls against Experts and Masters and is disappointed if he/she doesn't win every game, capable of playing 10-20 blindfold games at the same time, and winning, etc.

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2400-2499 = 'International Master' - weakest professional rank strong, experienced international player, eats Masters for breakfast.International professional players have two ranks: 2200-2399 = 'Master' - strongest amateur rank, hasn't quite got the hang of things yet but maybe on day he/she will wake up.2000-2199 = 'Expert' - extremely strong, consistent player with the possibility of achieving Master rating, may have real talent.1800-1999 = 'A' player - strong club player, takes the game far too seriously!, has lots of opening knowledge.1600-1799 = 'B' player - consistently above average.1400-1599 = 'C' player - average club or tournament player, most people can achieve this level if they work at it.1200-1399 = 'D' player - usually a beginner.Still are open at this time the following Galleries:ДЄnd we are preparing Fashion Galleries for you too, to come to CHESSPICS very soon.On this website, the following ratings are given: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russia, see photo bigger, and another photo Sanja Dedijer, Bosnia Herzegovina, see bigger photo, and her sister Mira Mariam Mansur, UAE, see bigger photo, and a stunning black and white version, and another photo The top 3 photos that generated the heatest debate and active voting are: Most photos in this gallery will be used to illustrate the Torino 2006 Olympiads. The photos were posted for voting from May 24 to June 24, 2006, generating enormous interest from all sides of the globe, with over 10,000 people actively taking part in the voting. PHOTOS BY PUFICHEK, PRESENTED BY CHESSPICSДЇrom the large collection of Pufichek Chesspics albums of players of the Torino Chess Olympiad 2006, we have selected a few for our Photogenic Collection.