From: Larry Kaufman WIZARD NET> Date: 2 sep 1999 Subject: ShogiDojo This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BEF52A.FB49C560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was very surprised to learn about Shogi Dojo, which already has = many players, ratings, grades, and is in English! I was further = surprised to learn that the rating/grade equivalence they use is nearly = identical to that of the U.S. Shogi Federation, except that the kyu = grades are set fifty points higher than we currently use. I identified = four players with ratings on ShogiDojo who also have European or = American Elo ratings, and the average of the ratings on Shogi Dojo is = 110 points lower; my subjective opinion from playing a couple games = there is that the difference is even greater. This is probably due to = Japanese players tending to be modest when estimating their strength on = registration. I am requesting that anyone who has ratings on Shogi Dojo = and also on either the American or European rating list e-mail me (at = lkaufman wizard net) with their Shogi Dojo rating and/or user name so = that I may get a more accurate measure of the difference between the = systems. The information will only be used statistically and the user = names will not be divulged. This may ultimately lead to a unified = rating system for the entire world rather than only for Europe and = America. =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BEF52A.FB49C560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was very = surprised to=20 learn about Shogi Dojo, which already has many players, ratings, grades, = and is=20 in English! I was further surprised to learn that the rating/grade = equivalence they use is nearly identical to that of the U.S. Shogi = Federation,=20 except that the kyu grades are set fifty points higher than we currently = use. I identified four players with ratings on ShogiDojo who also = have=20 European or American Elo ratings, and the average of the ratings on = Shogi Dojo=20 is 110 points lower; my subjective opinion from playing a couple games = there is=20 that the difference is even greater. This is probably due to = Japanese=20 players tending to be modest when estimating their strength on=20 registration. I am requesting that anyone who has ratings on Shogi = Dojo=20 and also on either the American or European rating list e-mail me (at wizard net">lkaufman@wizard net) with their = Shogi Dojo=20 rating and/or user name so that I may get a more accurate measure of the = difference between the systems. The information will only be used=20 statistically and the user names will not be divulged. This may = ultimately=20 lead to a unified rating system for the entire world rather than only = for Europe=20 and America.

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