A few days ago, D Gukesh, part of the Indian team for the Olympiad, breached the Elo rating of 2700. Here's a brief explainer on how Elo came to being, why it's important and how some of us could have ...

Professor Arpad Elo developed the rating approach for chess. Elo rating system retained some superficial characteristics like the 1500 rating point intended to designate an average player, the 2000 ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, May 6 (IANS) Indian chess players and coaches have welcomed the All India Chess Federation's (AICF) decision to have a National Rating System or 'Bharat Chess Rating System' as ...

The ELO system, which most chess federations use today, ranks players by the results of their games. Although simple and efficient, it overlooks relevant criteria such as the quality of the moves ...

NEW DELHI: Viswanathan Anand had recently made known his dissatisfaction with the ELO Rating system, claiming the system does not reflect the true strength of a chess player. He has now gone a step ...

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, a 13-year-old Turkish chess prodigy, has set a new record by becoming the youngest player to surpass a 2600 ELO rating and earn the grandmaster title. "Our star athlete Yagiz Kaan ...

Magnus Carlsen got there at 15 years and two months. Now, at 14 years and 10 months, Indian chess prodigy, Grandmaster Nihal Sarin has crossed 2600 Elo in the live rating list, becoming the ...