From: Larry Kaufman WIZARD NET> Date: 7 sep 1999 Subject: Unified ratings This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BEF94E.550C7E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have updated the USSF ratings for the four American players who = participated in the recent events in Europe (Pan-Atlantic and European = Open shogi tournaments). I used European Elo ratings for those = opponents who had them, and approximate performance ratings for those = who didn't. The results: I gained 19 points to 2348, George Fernandez = lost 12 points to 2067, Fassil Bekele gained 29 points to 1991, and Ray = Kaufman gained 15 points to 1741. The mean gain was 13 points. Thus = the conclusion from these fifty games is that the US rating system (but = not the Dan/kyu ranks) may be a bit more strict than the European; = probably this is mostly due to the artificially high starting ratings in = Europe for the novice players. Larry Kaufman, USSF Ratings Chairman =20 ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BEF94E.550C7E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have = updated the USSF=20 ratings for the four American players who participated in the recent = events in=20 Europe (Pan-Atlantic and European Open shogi tournaments). I used = European=20 Elo ratings for those opponents who had them, and approximate = performance=20 ratings for those who didn't. The results: I gained 19 points to = 2348,=20 George Fernandez lost 12 points to 2067, Fassil Bekele gained 29 points = to 1991,=20 and Ray Kaufman gained 15 points to 1741. The mean gain was 13=20 points. Thus the conclusion from these fifty games is that the US = rating=20 system (but not the Dan/kyu ranks) may be a bit more strict than the = European;=20 probably this is mostly due to the artificially high starting ratings in = Europe=20 for the novice players.

Larry = Kaufman, USSF=20 Ratings Chairman

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