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How does the chess rating system work? Will it work for backgammon?

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Saturday, 9 July 2011, at 3:29 p.m.

In Response To: How does the chess rating system work? Will it work for backgammon? *NM* (leobueno)

The chess system (Elo) was adapted for backgammon as the FIBS/KG rating system and is in widespread use. That has the two-populations problem as already discussed. Chess overcomes this problem because there are far more rated events and substantial mixing between adjacent populations.

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