Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 10:51:42 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 13:34:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 13:19:45, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>ELO figures are only valuable as differences within a pool of players who have >>had many competitions against each other. The absolute numbers mean absolutely >>nothing. > > >This is a continual problem. :) 32 degrees F means one thing. 32 degrees C >means another thing. 32 degrees K means another thing. No way to compare >today's 2850 rating to the ratings of players 40 years ago. Don't worry - in 40 years people won't do that anymore but instead will compare the ratings THEN to the ratings today. :) Sargon
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