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How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf

Posted By: leobueno
Date: Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 8:38 p.m.

In Response To: How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf (Bob Koca)

1. Is there enough overlap among players of different levels to avoid the problem?

2. Isn't the problem addressed by segregating players in tournaments according to rating? In other words, if you have a high rating (whether acquired against top or weak opponents), you will play against the real top rated players only. Won't the faux high-rated players get creamed by the real high-rated players thereby bringing the ratings closer to their "true" rating?

3. Doesn't the same problem arise in chess?

4. How is it solved in the chess world?

5. Getting back to a previous question, what's wrong with using the FIBS formula? I note that on FIBS some of the top players have. . . no surprise, top ratings.

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