magnus carlsen has the highest elo rating in chess.
who has the highest elo rating in chess?
magnus carlsen
in order to rank players, fide, iccf, and national chess organizations use the elo rating system developed by arpad elo. elo is a statistical system based on the assumption that the chess performance of each player in his or her games is a random variable. arpad elo thought of a player's true skill as the average of that player's performance random variable, and showed how to estimate the average from results of player's games. the us chess federation implemented elo's suggestions in 1960, and the system quickly gained recognition as being both fairer and more accurate than older systems; it was adopted by fide in 1970. a beginner or casual player typically has an elo rating of less than 1000; an ordinary club player has a rating of about 1500, a strong club player about 2000, a grandmaster usually has a rating of over 2500, and an elite player has a rating of over 2700. the highest fide rating of all time, 2881, was achieved by magnus carlsen on the march 2014 fide rating list.
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various online games use elo ratings for player-versus-player rankings. since 2005, "golden tee live" has rated players based on the elo system. new players start at 2100, with top players rating over 3000. in "guild wars", elo ratings are used to record guild rating gained and lost through guild versus guild battles, which are two-team fights. the initial k-value was 30, but was changed to 5 in january 2007, then changed to 15 in july 2009. "world of warcraft" formerly used the elo rating system when teaming up and comparing arena players, but now uses a system similar to microsoft's trueskill. the moba game league of legends used an elo rating system prior to the second season of competitive play. the game "puzzle pirates" uses the elo rating system to determine the standings in the various puzzles. "roblox" introduced the elo rating in 2010. the browser game "quidditch manager" uses the elo rating to measure a team's performance. another recent game to start using the elo rating system is "airmech", using elo ratings for 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 random/team matchmaking. "runescape 3" was to use the elo system for the rerelease of bounty hunter in 2016. "mechwarrior online" instituted an elo system for its new "comp queue" mode, effective with the jun 20, 2017 patch.
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