For me it's like comparing apples and oranges. What makes Magnus Smith memorable is winning the Canadian Championship three times in a row (on the only three occasions he competed!), not whether he was a NM or had a rating over 2300.
Dunno, I don't know who that is.
Thank you for your comments on this issue. Your webpage of Canadian Championship crosstables is the source of historical accomplishment.
I like to look at stats and ratings, but it is taking time away from my project of acquiring source material from newspaper columns. The point for me is to have on the CFC website a permanent recognition of the top players in Canadian history. The list of Canadian Champions is too large a scroll. The list of recent Canadian masters is also too large a list to browse, but there is a shorter list of IMs and GMs. I like the division by province, to get that region's historical masters noticed. It would be nice in the future to have a CFC magazine series of articles and perhaps a webpage for each historic master with their games and results. Most do receive recognition in David Cohen's Hall of Fame. But there are a few who success has disappeared. I did have a biography of one (Draxl) published in the CFC newsletter, but that issue has passed. I had submitted another biography of another unknown master, but it hasn't been published. Perhaps the market for readers of ancient games is very small.
We are recognizing today's masters (not that I heard of anyone of them wanting to have a Canadian master title). It is fair to equally recognize the masters who are no longer around.
Thank you for your comments on this issue. Your webpage of Canadian Championship crosstables is the source of historical accomplishment.
I like to look at stats and ratings, but it is taking time away from my project of acquiring source material from newspaper columns. The point for me is to have on the CFC website a permanent recognition of the top players in Canadian history. The list of Canadian Champions is too large a scroll. The list of recent Canadian masters is also too large a list to browse, but there is a shorter list of IMs and GMs. I like the division by province, to get that region's historical masters noticed. It would be nice in the future to have a CFC magazine series of articles and perhaps a webpage for each historic master with their games and results. Most do receive recognition in David Cohen's Hall of Fame. But there are a few who success has disappeared. I did have a biography of one (Draxl) published in the CFC newsletter, but that issue has passed. I had submitted another biography of another unknown master, but it hasn't been published. Perhaps the market for readers of ancient games is very small.
We are recognizing today's masters (not that I heard of anyone of them wanting to have a Canadian master title). It is fair to equally recognize the masters who are no longer around.
Erik and others,
Do you have an older than 1972 CFC rating list(s)?
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I think Eric has the annual rating lists going back to 1966. They were most likely published in Canadian Chess Chat back then. Probably somebody like Ken MacDonald has a complete set.
I went to the National Archives, while in Ottawa, in the spring, and tried to compile a list (from the CFC crosstables, housed there) of those with year-end ratings 2150+ from 1955 until 1972.
These won't line up exactly with the Official Annual ratings, but depending on what you want to use it for, might do the trick.