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Subject: Re: Playing Strength

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 11:05:38 07/28/99

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On July 28, 1999 at 07:47:09, Laurence Chen wrote:

>On July 28, 1999 at 07:19:25, Phil Dixon wrote:
><snip>
>>Can a 1700 win a 10 game match against a 2200 player?
>Answer: if a 1700 rated player beat a 2200 rated player in a ten game match then
>the 1700 rated player is not a 1700 rated player at all. The rating assess the
>outcome of expectated results in a match, given the above scenario, the 2200
>rated player is supposed to beat the 1700 player by 3.5 points or more due to
>the difference of 500 ELO rating. Should the 1700 win the match by 3 points or
>more then it shows that the 1700 is not a true 1700 rated player, that either he
>was sandbagging his opponent to believe that he was a 1700 rated player while
>his true rating was at least 2400+, or he used a consealed computer to play
>during the match. Like the case of the amateur who played a weekend tournament
>in Germany and beat the strongest opposition, can't recall his name, its
>something like Almaz....
>Laurence

	It's Clemens Allwerman.
José.



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