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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