Re: Re: [computer-go] Statistical Significance

[Heikki Levanto <heikki@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 05:19:26PM +0200, chrilly wrote:
> What is - concerning the rating system - the difference between Go and
> chess? What assumptions of the Elo system are not valid in Go?

Last time I checked (which is many years ago), the Danish Go Association
used something like the ELO system to calculate Go ratings. They had it
calibrated so that the numbers corresponded to kyus and dans pretty
directly. I think higher dan rankings were still awarded by a committee,
based on the calculated numbers...

No idea how it performed over a longer time, nor indeed if they still
use it.

-H

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Heikki Levanto   "In Murphy We Turst"     heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk

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