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Subject: Re: Kasparov is underrated and Elo is outdated. <OT>

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:10:52 10/27/02

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On October 27, 2002 at 14:56:49, Roy Eassa wrote:

>http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=562

The problem is that players do not meet random players.

If I play against player who is 100 elo behind me in a swiss tournament the
player who plays against me is in average better than his(her) rating.

The point is that I play against a player with the same number of points
as myself.

It is possible that the opponent got the same number of points thanks to luck
but it is also possible that the opponent got the same number of points because
of the fact that the opponent is strong.

The average result is that the opponent is stronger than what the rating list
suggest.
It means that the expected result against a random player who is 100 elo
weaker than me is better than the result that is suggested by games.

Uri



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