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Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player

Posted By: Maik Stiebler
Date: Monday, 6 December 2010, at 10:41 a.m.

In Response To: Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player (Timothy Chow)

I think his criticism of the Elo system is mostly unjustified. It's not obvious to me that not counting bad results is an improvement, and it's not the Elo system's fault that good achievement does not increase the likelihood of being invited to prestigious tournaments enough. I agree that the I-don't-play-for-a-while strategy is a problem with Elo systems, I'm not sure how chess pros can afford to stick to this strategy though.

That said, I'm not at all opposed to counting achievements, instead of or complementary to Elo ratings. That is of course already done in the ABT and WBA, besides local clubs everywhere, and I wish Chiva good luck for becoming powerful enough to establish a world-wide hierarchical tournament structure as it exists in tennis.

Messages In This Thread

• Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
  Timothy Chow -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 12:38 a.m.
  • Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
    Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 1:29 a.m.
  • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
    mtuhtan -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 8:45 a.m.
    • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
      rew -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 9:32 a.m.
      • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
        mtuhtan -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 11:23 a.m.
        • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
          rew -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 11:28 a.m.
          • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 9:05 p.m.
        • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
          Rich Munitz -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 2:32 p.m.
        • "count players' achievements, not their failures"
          neilkaz -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 8:48 p.m.
  • Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
    Maik Stiebler -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 10:41 a.m.
  • He's getting a PhD for this?
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 4:12 p.m.
    • He's getting a PhD for this?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 6:27 p.m.
  • A bit off topic - contest to replace Chess ELO
    Michael Petch -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 4:39 p.m.
  • ROFL..rarely have I read such nonsense
    neilkaz -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 6:09 p.m.
    • ROFL..rarely have I read such nonsense
      Fabrice Liardet -- Tuesday, 7 December 2010, at 2:07 p.m.
  • Manouk Borzakian on how to determine the #1 player
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 6 December 2010, at 6:19 p.m.