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| lennerborn 4/09/2005 14:12:43 [ report this post ] |
 Subject: Interesting?Message: Nah, probably not, maybe I just need a new hobby :) I did an experiment: I'm a very mediocre player, my rating fluctuating between 13-1400. Now, if you look at the highest ranked player I've beaten, then look at the highest ranked player he's beaten and so on, there are only 5 players between me and the rating 2000. I have no idea if this means anything, just thought it was cool, and I would have guessed that number would have been higher. |
| mightytiny 4/10/2005 02:52:20 [ report this post ] | Message: I ended up in a never-ending loop, with player A who had beaten player B as his strongest opponent, and player B who had beaten player A as HIS strongest opponent... and both were below 2000. :) |
| usethepawn 4/10/2005 03:22:23 [ report this post ] | Message: The highest player I have beaten won against a 18xx rated player by timeout and that player is now rated at about 1300 |
| usethepawn 4/10/2005 03:25:59 [ report this post ] | Message: |
| mate_you_in_fifty 4/10/2005 23:36:07 [ report this post ] | hmmm Message: But anyway, if you beat a genuinely higher-rated player, it doesn't mean you will beat him all the time. Perhaps in 1 out of 5 games. That person might beat a higher-rated player in say 1 out of 5 games too. If we go six times this way, your chance of beating the 2000-rated player would be one in 5^6. And of course it could be higher than 5 too. I once saw a club player (~1700) draw a master (~2300). It doesn't mean much statistically although it was a very interesting game anyhow:) |
| roland_l 4/11/2005 06:32:28 [ report this post ] | haha, what fun ... Message: |
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