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That's right. The globalization of the game, especially in the past ten years, has raised the bar a couple of levels. Great players...

Fargo like chess rating is not a measure of absolute skill it is a relative skill vs opponent. The numbers grow because of higher...

You're right on the money here, Diesel Pete.

Nice post. I think the primary takeaway is that Fargo is not the best method of comparing players across generations. In the end, it...

All of the old great would still be at the top in any era. The story of the four-minute mile pretty well proves this. The top minds...

Unfortunately, no. You simply would not have enough archived data to build an accurate ecosystem of play, going from the top pros down...

Pretty much how I feel. Those that dominated against their contemporaries in any era deserve as much recognition as the greats of...

In the years to which the original poster refers, match results were rarely archived, and awfully few matches were recorded. We know...

Yes, well said, but you have also given a good explanation of why Fargo falls short as a measure across generations of cueists.

Yes, well said. All that matters in the greatness discussion is performance against one's contemporaries. Unfortunately, Fargo is not...

I agree that Fargo is extremely accurate. Still, it wasn't that long ago that there were zero players in the world that had a Fargo of...

This is not accurate. The pedigree of the opponents you face figures prominently in your Fargo. As the players back in the day faced...

It is difficult to believe that anyone who watches footage of yesteryear believes that the old timers like Sigel, Varner, Strickland...

RIP Alphadog. Condolences to family and friends.

Keep up the good work.