Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 08:55:25 02/28/02
Go up one level in this thread
On February 28, 2002 at 09:35:27, Torstein Hall wrote: >>>But if I play a brick, and I win _every_ game, >>>my rating will climb for _every_ victory. And it doesn't climb by some >>>amount that has a limit of zero at the upper end. It climbs by some positive >>>amount for every win. That spells +infinity... >> >>Again this is one of those absurd examples, a brick has -infinity rating or >>what? What is the elo of the brick, we need to know that to find your elo. >> >>-S. > >The ELO of a brick is of course 0. You should naturally expect to win every >game. So lets hope not someone comes and hit you over the head with the brick, >because then you will lose your rating to the brick. >And it will take an extreem number of games against the brick to get your rating >back........ > >Torstein OK, so Dr. Hyatt has an infinite rating then. We all have infinite ratings thanks to this example, no no not absurd at all ;) The brick has an undefined elo IMO. Better to put the zero point at random play, that makes more sense. -S.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.