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Giant 32 Criteria
Posted By: Phil Simborg In Response To: Giant 32 Criteria (Stick)
Date: Sunday, 13 September 2009, at 1:40 p.m.
When Laila was active in the US about 10 years ago, she started a web site, and I assisted her, and Jake made some fun contributions to the site, and on that site we kept KG's list going.
To me, KG's list was far better at rating the best players. The Giant's list has faults, but it is still interesting, and if it's wrong in places and areas, so what? It's still an honor for anyone to get on the list and still fun to look at. (Our site is still up and still interesting: www.bg-info.com)
Once Ray gets his new rating system going that tracks true tournament results in the ABT, I am thinking of getting together with someone knowledgeable from the European tours and see if we can find a way to make up a new list that combines all major tournament records and makes up a new world-wide list with some kind of objective criteria that combines:
1.tournament records over the past 3 years, with extra weight on more recent events and on larger events; 2. ER's and ELO's for any recorded matches; 3. Giant ratings and votes; 4. higher points for more participation.
Of course, the results of this, too, will have many flaws and would not be perfect, but it would simply be another indicator of who is currently playing well and winning more and should be feared across the board.
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