Peter Thiel & Garry Kasparov

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by beefman • 16 years ago

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beefman2• 16 years ago

Who knew he played chess (and at the Master level)?

zck• 16 years ago

You didn't know Kasparov played chess?

Seriously, though, from what I can tell, Thiel is rated 2199[1], which isn't Master level. That's still enough to be the 21,246th best player in the world.

[1] http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2022389

beefman2• 16 years ago

He is a Life Master

http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/MbrDtlMain.php?120...

(As a U.S. resident, he probably hasn't had much exposure to FIDE-rated events... and in fact his FIDE profile says only 10 games)

detokaal• 16 years ago

It appears his Fide rating is about 2200, which is comparable to about 2300 in the USA. For non chess players, his rating places him in the top 2% of rated players in the world.

Here is his US Chess rating history:

http://main.uschess.org/datapage/ratings_graph.php?memid=120...

Peter Thiel & Garry Kasparov

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