From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
Date: 6 mar 2001
Subject: Re: Comments wanted: Shogi ladder changes

At 03:44 PM 3/6/01 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> > New players with a national rating can choose whether to take over
>> > their ELO rating, their grade, or nothing at all
>>
>> National ratings are based on different ways to measure, no? So would
>> it not be better to have a rating of the Shogi ladder that is used
>> for everyone in the same way? Or is there an international standard
>> for rating?
>
>They are more or less equivalent AFAIK, so they provide a good starting
>point. I've forgotten to include a possible Shogidojo rating you might have.
>
     Remember to add 400 points to Shogidojo ratings to make them
comparable to Pan-Atlantic Elo ratings.

     Larry Kaufman