Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:48:50 01/05/00
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On January 04, 2000 at 18:41:44, James Robertson wrote: >On January 04, 2000 at 17:51:40, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Hello, >>I had about 150 games played by Junior in my latest database and along came >>Fritz 6. So I played a 40 game match Fritz vs Junior. Junior won the match >>20.5 to 19.5. When I added the 40 games to the database and clicked on "Create >>ELO Start List" to my surprise, Fritz was rated higher than Junior. Can anyone >>explain this ?? I mean how can you lose a match to another player and it's the >>only games you have played and yet end up with a rating higher than the player >>who just beat you?? >>Jim Walker > >The ELO thing has always worked well on my computer.... > >James Hello James, I wonder what you mean by "worked well". Yes it gives you ratings for tournaments but what I'm trying to point out is in this case the rating is obviously wrong. So how can you trust any other ratings? I know of no rating system where you can lose your only match and be rated higher than your only opponent. Regards, Jim Walker
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