Re: [computer-go] chess and go ratings

["Allan Crossman" <a.crossman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7 Dec 2003 at 11:38, Don Dailey wrote:

> I think your  are right about the Go scale being  wider than the chess
> scale. But it's difficult to  prove because GO doesn't use
> anything like ELO.

Sure it does (or at least, can). The European rating list is an Elo 
system, I believe.

Starting page:
http://www.european-go.org/rating/gor.html

Complete list:
http://www.european-go.org/rating/alleuro.html

Ratings run from 100 to about 2800. While the upper limit is about 
the same as Chess, no Chess player has a rating as low as 100. Also, 
100 corresponds to 20 kyu - anything lower is just counted as 20 kyu 
in the ratings, I think because it's assumed even complete beginners 
will reach 20 kyu soonish.

If ratings went down to 30 kyu, it would presumably run from -900 to 
2800, which gives a range of ratings similar to Jerome's earlier 
analysis.


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