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Subject: Re: ????

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 02:29:00 05/10/01

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On May 10, 2001 at 04:04:20, Jouni Uski wrote:

>On May 09, 2001 at 11:44:11, Jason Williamson wrote:
>
>>On May 09, 2001 at 11:30:02, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On May 09, 2001 at 05:23:33, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 09, 2001 at 05:16:00, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 08, 2001 at 14:42:36, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On May 08, 2001 at 14:25:51, Harald Faber wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On May 08, 2001 at 13:01:22, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>[White "SOS K6-2 450 128MB"]
>>>>>>>>[Black "CM8000 K6-2 450  128MB"]
>>>>>>>>[WhiteElo "2524"]
>>>>>>>>[BlackElo "2500"]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Based on the 24-16 from 2500 against 2524, which performance does that mean?
>>>>>>2604 based on the linear formula that is close to the right formula.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>2524+400*(24-16)/(24+16)=2524+80=2604
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Uri
>>>>>
>>>>>What's this?
>>>>>Wasn't SSDF doing everything minuus 100? (So 2604 would be, you guessed it-2504)
>>>>>S.Taylor
>>>>
>>>>? What are You meaning? Level of SSDF ratings were lowered by 100 after
>>>>Carson's human-computer list last year. So no need to refer anymore.
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>What exactly was done?
>>>
>>>Was it a one-time thing, that they just came along and suddenly decided
>>>arbitrarily to take down 100 from all existing elo ratings, and since then they
>>>calculate according to those lowered ratings?
>>>
>>>  And if so, they might do it again when it again gets too high?
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>As far as I know it was a one time affair.
>
>Previously it has done many times in 80s and 90s. But at least once level
>was raised!
>
>Jouni

I think I'm beginning to understand it a bit better now. But, there's a
difference if you take off 100 from 2700 and if you take it off from 2000. Am I
wrong? S.Taylor



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