From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
Date: 3 apr 2000
Subject: Re: D.C. Qualifier

At 10:57 AM 4/3/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Larry Kaufman wrote:
>
>>      There were two large upsets in the event.  Ray Kaufman defeated Martin
>> Koyama, an upset of nearly 400 points.  Mike Lamb defeated J. Yoshinari, an
>> upset exceeding 600 points, one of the largest upsets on record.
>>
>
>Points? What points are these?
>
>Rikard
>
     The U.S. Shogi Federation rating system, which is very similar to the
European (FESA) Elo rating system.  The two systems are expected to merge
shortly.

     Larry