25 Oct 05
Originally posted by orfeokw72uk linked to my awesome maths in the second post.
Again not a whiz with the maths, but I have a feeling the answer is yes, because you stop gaining/losing points once the gap between you is about 400 points (I think). I know someone has suggested it's more like 600, but that doesn't accord with my memory.
If you started from scratch, a provisional player losing to people ranked 1800 and over would actua ...[text shortened]... igher.
This is (a) all very theoretical and (b) kind of a painful way to run your chess life.
The number isn't 400, it's 597. A player playing only 1200 players and winning every game will reach 1797 before gaining no points from each win (actually gaining less than 0.5 points which rounds down to nothing). A player playing only 1800 rated players and losing every game will reach 1203 before each loss will lose no points (the same point at which the 1800 players gain no points from winning against you).
The rule of 597 (as I have coined it) holds true below a rating of 2199 at which point it changes thanks to a changed K value.
25 Oct 05
Originally posted by XanthosNZOops. Sorry. I plead illness.
kw72uk linked to my awesome maths in the second post.
The number isn't 400, it's 597. A player playing only 1200 players and winning every game will reach 1797 before gaining no points from each win (actually gaining less than 0.5 points which rounds down to nothing). A player playing only 1800 rated players and losing every game will reach 1203 before ...[text shortened]... ned it) holds true below a rating of 2199 at which point it changes thanks to a changed K value.
25 Oct 05
Originally posted by XanthosNZThanks for the great info.
kw72uk linked to my awesome maths in the second post.
The number isn't 400, it's 597. A player playing only 1200 players and winning every game will reach 1797 before gaining no points from each win (actually gaining less than 0.5 points which rounds down to nothing). A player playing only 1800 rated players and losing every game will reach 1203 before ...[text shortened]... ned it) holds true below a rating of 2199 at which point it changes thanks to a changed K value.