Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 12:02:22 03/06/04
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On March 06, 2004 at 13:53:00, Stephen A. Boak wrote: >On March 06, 2004 at 12:46:04, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>if a program gets the same percentage, the rating will be lower if the opponents >>have lower ratings. >>Jorge > >Of course. This is not a testing problem; it is a normal and desirable result >under the circumstances. > >If you score the *same* percentage as another person, but your opponents are >*weaker* than those who played the other person, why should your performance >rating be the *same* as the other person, who performed equal percentage >*against stronger competition*? > >Example: You play 6 club players and score 4W - 2L - 0D. Kasparov plays 6 >world top ten players and scores 4W - 2L - 0D. Who has the better performance >rating? Whose rating should be higher, yours or Kasparov's? > Well let me give you my example: If you are rated 2000 and play against 6 players in Tournament X, all your opponents are rated lower than you by at least 50 points and you score 3W-1L-2D. Then 1 month later your enter another tournament but your opponents are all rated higher than you by at least 50 points even if you score this time W3-L2-1D you still will gain points, simply because of the average rating of your opponents. Jorge
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