I think FIDE ratings have a 95% expectancy cutoff, i.e. if MC plays a player rated 1400 he still is officially only expected to win 95% of the time, and would actually gain something like 0.5 of a rating point for winning. Hence if he wanted to perhaps he could sandbag his way to 5000 by arranging and winning some 4000-odd games against total fish 
can magnus cross 5000 elo
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I have a feeling it's 0.7. But I also have a feeling that he would be banned by FIDE before reaching 5000...
ponz111 wrote:
He could write 5000 elo on the sidewalk and walk over it and cross 5000 elo
hillarious
But he would need to win 426 games in a row...
madhacker wrote:
I think FIDE ratings have a 95% expectancy cutoff, i.e. if MC plays a player rated 1400 he still is officially only expected to win 95% of the time, and would actually gain something like 0.5 of a rating point for winning. Hence if he wanted to perhaps he could sandbag his way to 5000 by arranging and winning some 4000-odd games against total fish
how many rating points would he lose if the unthinkable think happened and his opponent draws??
Jan 25, 2024
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Magnus barely can exceed his direct peers with 100 elo points, except if his name was Magnufish then it's another debate.
NO