Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 01:03:20 06/24/05
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On June 24, 2005 at 03:55:02, Amir wrote: >On June 24, 2005 at 03:36:32, Terry McCracken wrote: > > >>I comprehend it all very well, and no the system is different. Ed is much more >>informed than you. So am I. >>You ignored and snipped my post script. > >No you don't comprehend at all. Even if the rating system is the same, there >could 100-200 points difference due to different pool of players who play in the >USCF rated tournament compared to FIDE rated tournament. This doesn't >necessarily means that formulas to calculate rating are drastically different. >For example, a few years ago it was well known that chess players in US prisons >were overrated. That doesn't mean USCF had a different formula to calculate >ratings for chess players in prisons at that time! The inflation was caused by >different pool of players who never played players outside prison. Anyway, even >if the formula is slightly different, both systems are based on modified ELO >ratting system. In other words, Hydra will have somewhere close to 3000 FIDE >performance rating if he scores 5 points in 6 games against 2737 **FIDE** rated >player. You are wrong, and I'm tired of telling you this and am tired of your insults. There is nothing, and I mean nothing you could grasp to the depth I do. You are not in my league, not by any strech of the imagination! Don't bother repling, you're wasting my time. Some of us have a life.
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