From: "e.t" CURSORE IT> Date: 9 sep 1999 Subject: Re: Unified ratings this weak end, there is a stage of go in Marzio (Val ganna near Switzerland) call Cristiano tomorrow 02/29516699 to have tel number of Marzio if you want to play shogi come yuo are welcome (with shogiban ^^). Say that you are friend of Enrico and you want to find me. (All this if you want to come to play shogi in a very nice place). also your girl (or women or wife ^_^) is welcome. If Cristiano is not at this number, call my sister to 02/3544175 for information. you can find better information on onelist.com (search AGI) you will find the Agi mailing list, find the message of Marck Fricker about go stage of Marzio. All this to play shogi ^_^ wow! i'm goingo there this night, so you can find me there from tomorrow (venerdi') to sunday..... bye! You can find also the board of AGI (go association) to plan the tournement together for example..... in Rome. 2 bye! Enrico. Pieter Stouten ha scritto: > On 99/09/07 at 16:30 -0400, Larry Kaufman wrote: > > >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. > > > Did you apply the (reversed) correction formula for European ratings > below 1900 to Ray's rating prior to calculating his gain? I am aware > the conversion should be applied once only to bring European and > American ratings in line, but it is an interesting thought > experiment: Ray's rating after USA->Europe conversion should be > higher; his gain would therefore be smaller; but back transformation > of his "European" rating would multiply his gain by 1.5, possibly > leading to a gain similar to the one you calculated. Anything smaller > than or around 15 would be circumstantial evidence that the > conversion formula is reasonable. > > Ciao, > > Pieter