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Subject: Re: What is the formula for TPR (tournament performance rating)?

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 12:42:21 07/18/99

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On July 18, 1999 at 15:03:30, Chuck wrote:

>Is it standard to use the normal provisional rating system to calcualate one's
>tournament performance rating? I.E., win = opponent's rating + 400,
>draw = opponent's rating, loss = opponent's rating - 400?

	Yes. That formula is linear approximation of Elo's formula (which includes a
logarithm), works well for most cases and is quick and easy to compute.
José.



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