Arpad Elo
- January 9, 2024
- Chess Player
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Arpad Elo |
| Occupation | Chess Player |
| Date Of Birth | Aug 25, 1903(1903-08-25) |
| Age | 121 |
| Date Of Death | 1992-11-05 |
| Country | Hungary |
| Horoscope | Leo |
Arpad Elo Biography
| Name | Arpad Elo |
| Birthday | Aug 25 |
| Birth Year | 1903 |
| Birth Country | Hungary |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Arpad Elo is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on August 25, 1903 in Hungary. Chess legend and innovator who created the ELO rating system, which calculates the relative skill levels of players in competitor-versus-competitor games.
He was a friend of the great chess thinker He was a contemporary of fellow great chess thinker Savielly Tartakower..
His family and he relocated into the United States from Hungary when he was a young child.
Arpad Elo Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chess Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Arpad Elo is one of the richest Chess Player from Hungary. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arpad Elo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was an instructor in Physics in Marquette University.
The rating system he developed was utilized worldwide throughout the 70s and 80s, and his publication The Evaluation of Chessplayers, Past and Present in 1978.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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Facts & Trivia
Arpad Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Hungary. Arpad Elo celebrates birthday on August 25 of every year.
Top Facts about Arpad Elo
- Arpad Elo created the Elo rating system for chess.
- He was born in Hungary and later moved to the US.
- Elo earned a PhD in physics from University of Chicago.
- His rating system is used in many competitive games today.
- The World Chess Federation adopted his system in 1970.
- The Elo rating system takes into account player performance over time.
- It is based on a statistical model called logistic distribution function.
- The higher the rating, the better the player’s expected performance.
- The system has been adapted for use in other sports and activities.
- Arpad Elo was posthumously inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2018.