On Feb 5, 9:03*pm, (SAT W-7) wrote:
I attribute the so called glut of 2600 players to computer chess ..They
can analyze just about any game in the past and presence + play against
Rybka and Hircs and Fritz and Shredder and the list go's on and on and
they all have a little bit different playing styles ..
* *For the serious chess players and even not serious chess players i
belive can make themselves better with study at their finger tips..
* I think there is more people playing chess today too than in the past
.

Well both you and The Master are simply articulating what Professor
Elo points out in his book, a well known statistical fact, that the
more players the greater the divergence between the top and bottom.
Simple statistics, like a pile of sand that grows higher spills wider
at the edges, as more grains of sand are added.

RL