From: Marc Marian SHOGI DE> Date: 11 dec 2002 Subject: Re: FESA Homepage and ratings Hi Bill, I assume there is simply no link between european and asian ELO calculation yet. Maybe they didn't need it before. regards Marc bogin schrieb: > I recently looked at the new set up of the FESA home page and I would like > to congratulate the web master on a job very well done. The old page was > nice but the new setup is so much more easier to use. > > I have just a few questions though about the rating page. Given the fact > that Mr. Schnider recently did so well in winning the recent International > Shogi Forum and was promoted to 5dan, why is he still listed as still only > a 3dan on the most recent rating list? Is there some sort of time period > that much take place before a promotion is recognized? > > Also, in the same tournament, Mr. Kolomiyets also did very well. And, > according to the postings I read here his play was of a very high level. > Then, I am confused how he could be rated over 2100 and yet only be > considered a 2dan. Of course, you could say that he hasn't played enough > games yet but there are 4 people rated higher than he and yet they have > played even fewer games. And, they are all 3dan or above. It's possible > that his result was a fluke but from what I read here I his opponents don't > seem to to have thought so. Most of them seemed to rate his play at 3 dan > or even higher. So, even though there may be a disparity between different > players of the same rank, I find it hard to believe that is on the same > level as a 1500 rated 2dan or even an 1800 rated 2dan. Isn't over 600 > points a little big of a difference for players of the same rank? If > dan/kyuu is being determined solely on the basis of one's numerical rating > then would it be better to rate all of the players above a certain thresh > hold at a certain rank? That seems to be how they do it on the Internet? > > Anyway, congratulations again to the web master, Mr. Pfaffel on a job well > done. > > Bill Gaudry >