Re: [pbmserv] Explanation of Go ratings on this server?

[Lyman Hurd <lhurd@yahoo.com>]

I took the question to mean that he would like a few
data points of the form:

I am rated X kyu/dan AGA rating and my server rating
is Y.

It would be interesting to see if there is any simple
curve fit!

Cheers,

Lyman

--- Randall Bart <barticus@att.net> wrote:

> 'Twas 06:34 AM -0600 on Sunday 7/10/2005 when Robert
> Barrell wrote:
> >How do the ratings numbers used for Go on this
> server correspond to the 
> >normal Go rating system of Dan and Kyu levels?
> 
> Essentially they don't.  The system used is similar
> to those is used for 
> Bridge and Chess:  When you win you move up, when
> you lose you move down, 
> with the relative scores of the players determining
> the amount of 
> movement.  As I understand Go ratings, history does
> not matter.  If I have 
> played only one Go game in my life, and I beat a 9
> Dan with no handicap, 
> then I am presumptively a 9 Dan.
> 
> I would vaguely guess that 1600 is about 9 Kyu and
> every 50 points is one 
> level higher, but that is very, very vague.
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