From: Sean Chasworth <SChazworth <at> AOL <dot> COM>
Date: 12 jul 1996
Subject: Re: Theoretical Elo ratings

In a message dated 96-07-12 15:42:39 EDT, you write:

>How can you have an absolute rating scale?

Perhaps a better term, would be 'ordinal' scale.  Elo ratings are converted
to wins a certain percentage of the time, while the Dan/Kyu rankings merely
say that one player is better, with only an intuitive degree of how much
better.