That's equivalent to ELO.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Stefan Kaitschick <[email protected]> wrote: > difference in rank = number of handicap stones > is very convinient ofcourse. > An alternative way to look at this is to say: > if player A beats player B 70% of the time in an even game(with komi) player > A is 1 rank higher. > (Ranking systems make this kind of presumption. Maybe somebody on the list > can supply the value KGS uses) > This would accommodate an almost infinite number of ranks within the span of > the last stone towards perfection. > > Stefan > >> For amateurs, rank is defined as the number of handicap stones for an even >> game. For pro's it's somewhat arbitrary, depending on good results in the >> rating tournaments over many games. Of course Elo is a European chess >> concept and is not used for traditional games in Asia. A 9 dan pro is >> perhaps two or three handicap stones stronger than a 1 dan pro, so there >> are >> more than one pro rank per handicap stone. >> >> David >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Williams >>> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:41 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Computer-go] cgos 19x19 gets interesting >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Mark Boon<[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> If you accept that the number of 'dan' ranks for a handicap stone >>>> increases, maybe the difference in rank between god and a 9p may >>>> actually be very, very high as the number of ranks accounting for the >>>> last stone could be dozens or more. >>> >>> Clearly being able to given a stone and have an even match is not what >>> is used to define rank. Is ELO used to define rank? If not, then >>> isn't it a largely arbitrary measure? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Computer-go mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
