Re: Chess Rating question, what does it mean?
Ratings almost always inflate as time goes on. Because there are many many more games played online (probably as many blitz games are played on ICC than tournament games played in at least a month maybe more), the rating pool inflates at a much faster rate than one would expect. Also there are a few ways to illegally inflate one's rating that affect the entire pool. A bunch of people doing this will result in very high ratings over time.
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