1) No
2) Gary Kasparov (Judit Polgar is the highest-rated female player in history)
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I doubt anyone will break the 3000 limit anytime soon.
I believe it is Kasparov on the ELO scale. Out of curiosity, what was J. Polgar's last recorded rating?
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Mad_dog_96 wrote:
I doubt anyone will break the 3000 limit anytime soon.
Correct me if I'm wrong-> I thought a rating of 3000 was the limit.
There is no limit, I believe. A player is judged by his chess ability and given a rating. As no human is perfect at chess, I do not believe there is any limit to ratings on the ELO scale.
A player is given a rating based on his/her performance against other rated players.
There is no upper limit on OTB or On Line chess ratings. I have seen online chess ratings exceed 4000! This of course should not be taken seriously. On line ratings leave a lot to be desired.
Red
Rating isn't everything, i am rated 1084 in the uscf and imho
i am better than my rating
i am better than my rating
chessviper wrote: Rating isn't everything...
Never a truer word was spoken
Red
Redserpent2000 wrote:
There is no upper limit on OTB or On Line chess ratings. I have seen online chess ratings exceed 4000! This of course should not be taken seriously. On line ratings leave a lot to be desired.
Red
4000? thats stronger than any chess playing engine im sure. I can understand online ratings being 3000 though. Generally these are blitz ratings even bullet ratings so some people could play hundreds of games per pay, so higher than usual grades are understandable.
i reached 2700 in bullet chess, i don't even dream with a FIDE ELO like that.
i think the record was 2850+ made by Kasparov, i don't really know..
chessviper wrote: Rating isn't everything, i am rated 1084 in the uscf and imho i am better than my rating
So, why do you have 1128 in your profile here? 
1128 is better then 1084
i didn't update it yet
Rating isn't everything. I personally am rated 1565 in lightning chess simply because that is a game of making the opponent think his time out the window until the players are upwards of 2000.
1)no
2) GM Kasparov Cross 2800 once. and GM V Anand Twice
Gary Kasparov had the highest FIDE and ELO rating of all time. His FIDE rating was 2851 at one point and his ELO rating was 2790. Polgar is by far the best female chess player of all time. She recorded the highest FIDE rating in woman's chess history of 2735. I also read that at 15 she was a GM!.
I have no idea but rating isnt everything. it's the only thing!
I was wondering, is there a limit as to how high an individual players rating can be? Also, I would like to know who had the highest ever chess rating in history.