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Giant List Subjectivity

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Monday, 23 November 2009, at 12:14 a.m.

In Response To: Giant List Subjectivity (Seth)

why there aren't standard ratings for backgammon players similar to chess ratings for grandmasters

Part of the reason is simple geography. Even for chess, there is not just a single rating system (USCF vs. FIDE). Similarly, in go, China, Japan, and Korea all have their own professional rating associations.

I think that the "noise" introduced by the dice is also a factor. Note that in the discussion about Giants, there has been a lot of talk about ER. In contrast, I haven't seen many comments along the lines of "X is better than Y because X has won 6 matches against Y and lost only 2." Because ratings are noisy, there is slightly less interest in them than in the chess world.

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