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Subject: Re: Info on the ELO Rating System requested

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:34:59 03/30/01

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On March 30, 2001 at 18:56:13, guy haworth wrote:

>URLs will do of course.
>
>I'm interested in the history, use, success, shortcomings (inflation factor?),
>possible improvements of the ELO rating system as applied post-hoc or topically
>to human-human, computer-computer and human-computer games.
>
>When did computer engines first start getting ratings?  Were they USA, European
>or FIDE ratings?
>
>Does the Swedish Computer-Computer league table have inflation built into it?
>Are there proposals for countering this inflation?
>
>What other games has the ELO system been applied to?

http://www.chesslinks.org/chess/hof/elo.html

Especially interesting is the Roy Jones link.

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