Author: Chris Carson
Date: 10:43:50 12/23/99
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On December 23, 1999 at 13:40:32, Chris Carson wrote: >On December 23, 1999 at 13:31:02, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On December 23, 1999 at 13:06:20, Tony Hedlund wrote: >> >>>On December 22, 1999 at 18:59:10, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>> >>>>On December 22, 1999 at 12:36:48, Tony Hedlund wrote: >>>> >>>>>Swedish ELO-list from 990101: >>>>> >>>>>1. GM Ulf Andersson 2623 >>>>>2. GM Ferdinand Hellers 2605 >>>>>3. GM Jonny Hector 2542 >>>>>4. GM Evgenij Agrest 2533 >>>>>5. GM Ralf Åkesson 2530 >>>>>6. GM Pia Cramling 2515 >>>>> >>>>>Tony >>>> >>>>These are exactly the FIDE ratings, January 1st 1999. Does this mean that >>>>Swedish and FIDE ratings are identical? >>> >>>Good question. I got the numbers from the Swedish chessmagazine Schacknytt >>>(chessnews). It stated "the Swedish ELO-list", but I guess they meant FIDE-ELO. >>>But then again they listed every Swede over 2200, 236 players. I don't think >>>there are so many Swedish players with a FIDE-ELO. >> >>Yes there are, I just looked. Exactly 236 with an Elo of 2200 or over in the >>FIDE list of 1-1-99. It must mean that Swedish and FIDE lists are the same, no? >>In this case, your list was calibrated for FIDE and the 2696 of Tiger really >>means 2696 according to the SSDF. >> >>Enrique >> >>>Tony >>> >>>> >>>>Enrique > >Almost right. You need to factor in the Error of measure. For a >confidence of 95% you add or subtract 2 error of measure. So Chess >Tigers rating is between 2616 (2696-40-40) and 2784 (2696+44+44). Keep in mind there is still a 5% chance that the true rating is above or below this range. :) Best Regards, Chris Carson
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