From: Dick Iwakura <dick <at> SHOGI <dot> NE <dot> JP>
Date: 9 jan 2000
Subject: Re: Ratings, grades and handicaps

On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 11:38:48 +0100
Pieter Stouten <stouten <at> SHOGI <dot> NET> wrote:
> >
> It is not a matter of feeling or inconvenience. It is simply a matter
> of statistical ananlysis of the results of handicap games. USSF and
> FESA are about to finalize the details of a unified Elo rating
> system. That will provide us with an unambiguous, objective tool to
> assess performance and based on that performance to award kyu and dan
> promotions. At the same time, there is also an attempt to relate
> handicaps to Elo rating differences, which makes inherently more
> sense than using grade differences as ratings reflect current
> performance, while grades reflect historical peak performance.
>
I am so much surprised to hear that western shogi organization
takes such high logical analysis like business performances @-@;
I believe this makes more sense in USA and Europe. (^^;

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