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Subject: Re: Rating in ICC is meaningless and here is an example

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 07:57:09 01/14/03

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On January 14, 2003 at 10:43:20, Uri Blass wrote:

>
>{Game 494 (MoveiXX vs. ACCIDENTE) ACCIDENTE resigns} 1-0
>Blitz rating adjustment: 2635 --> 2602
>
>Movei won a game and lost rating.
>
>Uri

that only happens when you are a 'provisional' (haven't played 20 games yet)
player.  Your rating moves around really fast at this point.  In other words,
don't play people so much worse than you when you are provisional :)

anthony

P.S. on the whole, you are right though. ICC ratings are pretty meaningless;
there is a lot you can do to screw with them.



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