Arpad Elo
Arpad Emmerich Elo (born Élő Árpád Imre;[1][2] August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess. Born in Egyházaskesző, Hungary, he moved to the United States with his parents in 1913.
Elo was a professor of physics at Marquette University in Milwaukee and a chess master. By the 1930s he was the strongest chess player in Milwaukee, then one of the nation's leading chess cities. He won the Wisconsin State Championship eight times,[3] and was the 11th person inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Elo died in Brookfield, Wisconsin in 5 November 1992.
Elo rating system
- ↑ Veszprém megyei életrajzi lexikon – ÉLŐ Árpád Imre
- ↑ Romániai Magyar Szó, 2003. augusztus 26. (Archived here: archiveforthis on 2007-09-27)
- ↑ Andrew Soltis, "What's Your Elo?", Chess Life, July 1993, p. 19.