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Subject: Re: Rough approximation Re: ELO Calculations

Author: Kolss

Date: 06:14:07 04/17/05

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On April 17, 2005 at 05:52:41, Anson T J wrote:

>Thanks for all the replies people! This formula looks very simple and I think it
>will be accurate enough in most cases. I have one question though.
>
>Is that 50% in "2812 - (50%-45%)*7 =2777" always 50% or should it be 55% because
>that would be Kasparov's winning score in this hypothetical example?

Hi,

It should always be 50 %. For every % above 50, you get 7 Elo plus, for every %
below 50, you get 7 Elo minus.

Best regards - Munjong.



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