Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 10:49:57 10/06/03
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On October 06, 2003 at 10:20:54, Torstein Hall wrote: >10-20 years ago a world class top 10 player used to be on 2500++. Today they are >at 2700++ There seems to be inflation in the ELO system. I do not now the reason >for that. There is _no_ inflation. A rating inflation in the Elo system would mean that the chances that a 2800 player would win from a 2700 in 2003 has diminished from the chances of a win of a 2800 player and a 2700 player in 1985. This is _not_ the case, as the Elo algorithm has _not_ changed. A difference of 100 Elo points in 2003 has still the same meaning as a rating difference of 100 points in 1985. 2500 ratings from the '80s can't be compared with 2700 ratings from 2003 because they're in different pools of players. J.
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