Timeline for Historical motivation for the 1200-1800ish rating average
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| Mar 22, 2021 at 16:39 | comment | added | Noah Snyder | It seems plausible to speculate that Harkness wanted the typical range of ratings to be 1500-2500, because a thousand points is a nice round number and this way it's unlikely that people will have negative ratings. | |
| Mar 22, 2021 at 16:33 | history | edited | Noah Snyder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 22, 2021 at 16:31 | comment | added | Noah Snyder | There may be further details in Harkness's book "Official Chess Handbook" 1967, if anyone has a copy. | |
| Mar 22, 2021 at 16:27 | history | answered | Noah Snyder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |