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Subject: Re: Rating swings on ICC

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 07:07:14 07/31/98

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On July 31, 1998 at 09:26:14, John Scalo wrote:

>I've recently gotten my little engine up on ICC (Frankenstein) and I'm wondering
>what kind of rating swings are normal. A few days ago I watched in
>disappointment as the rating dropped more than 200 points and figured one of the
>minor changes I made wasn't so minor. But now it's slowly climbing back up.
>
>For those of you who have computer accounts on ICC, do you see such wild swings?
>
>Thanks,
>John

Yes. I've noticed this too. A few weeks ago mine got up to 2328, before
falling back fairly quickly. I spent a *lot* of time trying to find the
problem before deciding that it just got lucky, beating a few strong players
(including a GM! :-) in consecutive games. Its current rating of about
2030-ish is probably far more accurate.

Andrew




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