Answers.Body: <p>It doesn't stand for anything at all, because <strong>it's not an acronym</strong>. It should be "Elo" rather than "ELO." The Elo rating system is named after the Hungarian-American physics professor (and 8-time state champion chess master) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpad_Elo">Arpad Elo</a>, who originally devised his rating system around 1960.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: On a side note: There are predecessors to Arpad Elo's system, for example the "Ingo-Zahl" used already in 1947 in Germany. (And still being used by the german xiangqi-players for some reason …)
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Body: <p>What does the acronym ELO stand for in the context of chess, as in the ELO rating system?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: plot twist : it is not an acronym.
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Title: What does ELO stand for?
ThreadText: # What does ELO stand for?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-09-08)
  
  What does the acronym ELO stand for in the context of chess, as in the ELO rating system?
  
  **Tags:** rating, elo
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Electric Light Orchestra. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjPqsDU0j2I  
  > **username_2**: plot twist : it is not an acronym.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2012-09-08. Score: 47 | Accepted answer
  
  It doesn't stand for anything at all, because **it's not an acronym**. It should be "Elo" rather than "ELO." The Elo rating system is named after the Hungarian-American physics professor (and 8-time state champion chess master) [Arpad Elo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpad_Elo), who originally devised his rating system around 1960.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: On a side note: There are predecessors to Arpad Elo's system, for example the "Ingo-Zahl" used already in 1947 in Germany. (And still being used by the german xiangqi-players for some reason …)  
  > **username_0**: @username_3, I'd not heard of that before. Gracias.  
  
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