Lobowolf Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Alvin Roth, for example, espoused a very conservative style, and he would be considered at least an expert, and maybe world class in skill level. My, how soon they forget. Alvin Roth was one of the greats of the game. Calling him "World Class" might be an understatement. Per BBO, isn't "World Class" = "Represented your country in international competition"? Coming in second place in multiple Bermuda Bowls probably safely qualifies Roth, yeah. Never mind the 29 National wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Wasn't Alvin Roth, together with his partner, Tobias Stone also the inventor of the so called Roth-Stone convention, aka Sputnik, aka the negative double?Just for this i think he deserves the label world class even if he hadn't achieved anything in competition... :) Anyway, it seems to me that this whole rating thing is taken way too seriously. As far as i've seen it the vast majority of BBO members have a profile listing their conventions. I consider it quite easy to judge a players strength according to the information they provide. This might be a different thing altogether on actual higher levels but on "intermediate" not much is needed to make me happy. Also i have the feeling that only very, very few people consider themselves intermediate while they barely know the basics. But, again, on higher levels the air propaby gets considerably thinner. My "internal rating" in the above post, by the way, was never meant to be taken seriously. Maybe it was "lost in translation", maybe it's the internet making irony sometimes difficult to see or maybe it just was not funny enough. :blink: Anyway, good luck to you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 Wasn't Alvin Roth, together with his partner, Tobias Stone also the inventor of the so called Roth-Stone convention, aka Sputnik, aka the negative double? Wasn't Alvin Roth, together with his partner, Tobias Stone also the inventor of the so called Roth-Stone convention, aka Sputnik, aka the negative double? To say nothing of popularing and/or inventing 5-card majors, forcing NT, and unusual 2NT. Additionally, I think he registered a trademark for "What's the problem?" for use on bidding panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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