Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:12:48 06/03/02
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On June 02, 2002 at 22:06:58, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On June 01, 2002 at 13:14:58, Andrew Dados wrote: > >Hello, > >of course there are problems with the rating truths. > >For example here it says someone 1000 points lower >rated has 0.003 chance against me. > >Or 3 out of 1000 games. > >However OTB, it is not 3 out of 1000 games. Not even 1 out of 1000. >It is 0 out of 1000 and nothing else. > >Idem for up to 600 points. > >The rating idea doesn't work when a player who is titled >plays a < 1700 player simply. At some point Fischer, Kasparov, and Anand were all rated 1000 points lower than someone nowhere near to their ability. I suspect that most points gathered by these far lower players are rising stars on their way up. And it is possible once in a blue moon to stumble onto a repeated check or a surprise mate for someone of far lesser ability.
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