Re: [Bug-gnubg] rating estimation bug?

[Joern Thyssen]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 11:44:01AM +0200, address@hidden wrote
> Hi,
> 
> Attached 2 matches with Match statistics (2 ply).
> 
> The ratings do not seem to correspond with the classifications
> very well. Bug in formula implementation?

The classification of the players into ET, world class, expert etc. is
based on the error rate per move, whereas the rating is based on the
total error rate.

You may be playing world class, but if the game consists of 1000 moves,
then you would lose a lot of games to a perfect opponent.

Jørn


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