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Fabiano's performance rating was 3098. Karpov's Linares was 2985. Carlsen's top rating (not single tournament performance) was 2882, the highest yet recorded.
by MaysonL 12y ago
Fabiano's performance rating was 3098. Karpov's Linares was 2985. Carlsen's top rating (not single tournament performance) was 2882, the highest yet recorded.
Fabiano's performance rating was more than 200 Elo points higher than the top-rated player. Karpov's 1997 performance was less than 200 points better than the then top-rated.
- slm_HN 12y agoOne thing the raw numbers don't take into account is ratings inflation. Look at Karpov for example. In 1979 he was the only player in the world rated above 2700. Now there are almost 50 players rated above 2700. So it's much easier to have a high performance rating now. For most of chess history it was simply impossible to have a performance rating of 3098. The article doesn't take into account ratings inflation because it's more interesting to present your article about the best performance in the strongest tournament ever rather than a very, very good performance in a very strong event.