Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 09:47:38 06/24/05
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On June 24, 2005 at 06:03:22, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 24, 2005 at 04:42:48, Graham Banks wrote: > >>Amir, >> >>I've stayed out of this spat till now. Terry did not treat you very well in >>attacking you from the start, but he has made an attempt to bury the hatchet and >>you've basically thrown it back in his face which is very disappointing >>behaviour on your part. It won't endear you to some of those members who >>supported you. >> >>Graham. > >I will not say that Terry is stupid but he posts nonsense in this discussion. > >The difference between fide elo and uscf elo is not relevant when the fide elo >is used to calculate fide performance. > >If his claim is that there is a significant difference between fide formula and >uscf formula to calculate performance then one of the formula is illogical >and should not be used. > >The fide calculator certainly has big bugs because even with 6 out of 6 against >average X you get only rating of X+75 that is absurd. > >I find nothing illogical in the results of the uscf in the case that all the >opponents are equal. > >I can use the fide calculator also after knowing that the fide calculator give >logical results when the result is not more than 50% > >I start from the assumption that adams play 6 games against 3000 player and ask >what result he need to achieve to get his rating. > >1 out of 6 give adams performance of 2727 >1.1 out of 6 give adams performance of 2738 >It seems that there is no difference betwen 1 and 1.04 or 1.05 and 1.1 so I >guess that the fide rating calculator simply round the number but it is clear >that adams need something between 1 and 1.1 out of 6 against 3000 player to get >fide performance that is equal to his rating and it means that 3000 player needs >something between 4.9 and 5 to get fide performance of 3000. > >Uri It's not me posting nonsense in this thread, and this has nothing to do with Graham's post.
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