Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 03:10:30 10/25/00
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On October 25, 2000 at 03:47:27, David Blackman wrote: >On October 25, 2000 at 03:20:21, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>Sure his hasn't played as 2849 player should. Or is it Kramnik's 2770 which >>is too low? Why can't ELO system predict this match? Just wondering... >> >>Jouni > >ELO is based on all recent games. Match play is not quite the same as tournament >play. In a tournament, Kasparov crushes the 2650 players just a bit more >effectively than Kramnik does. That gets Kasparov a higher rating. In a match >there is not much difference between them. If you or anybody have a match of 16 games against a player that is less than 80 points higher than you, the outcome could go either way my friend. In reality 80 points different using any system of rating is not much. Plus Kasparov has played much more games than Kramnik has in his career. Pichard.
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