Talk:Adolf Anderssen
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I've removed this:
- In 1850 he went over a 2600 Elo rating system as the first player.
Elo hadn't been born in 1850, and there was no rating system in use in Anderssen's time. I imagine that what is meant is that somebody in recent years has done some calcuations and some guess work and come to the conclusion that if the Elo system had been in operation in the 19th century, Anderssen would be the first 2600+ player. If that's what's meant, that's what the article needs to say (with the name of who has worked this out, and preferably a source). --Camembert
- (incidentally, for all I know, it may have been Elo himself, in his The Rating of Chessplayers Past & Present - I just don't have a copy. --Camembert)
