Weyerstrass

Little by little Weyerstrass is overhauling Akizy. His rating is so high that he only gained three points for beating me and just one for beating najdorfslayer (rated 2045 or so). He just needs to brush aside a few more gnats like us and he will gain the #1 spot, I reckon he'll make it next week sometime.

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Little by little Weyerstrass is overhauling Akizy. His rating is so high that he only gained three points for beating me and just one for beating najdorfslayer (rated 2045 or so). He just needs to brush aside a few more gnats like us and he will gain the #1 spot, I reckon he'll make it next week sometime.

Originally posted by zebano
How badly does a draw with you hurt his rating?

Originally posted by zebano
How badly does a draw with you hurt his rating?

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Little by little Weyerstrass is overhauling Akizy. His rating is so high that he only gained three points for beating me and just one for beating najdorfslayer (rated 2045 or so). He just needs to brush aside a few more gnats like us and he will gain the #1 spot, I reckon he'll make it next week sometime.

he has a game against seadevil though, and he is only 14 points above seadevil so he ought to easily surpass 2470 if he wins

edit- make that two against seadevil and two against stephane

Originally posted by Drew L
he has a game against seadevil though, and he is only 14 points above seadevil so he ought to easily surpass 2470 if he wins

edit- make that two against seadevil and two against stephane

Game 2580863
Game 3172672
Game 3172670
Game 2580858

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Originally posted by HolyT
From the FAQ:
New Rating = Old Rating + K * (Score - Win Expectancy)
K is a constant (32 for 0-2099, 24 for 2100-2399, 16 for 2400 and above)
Score is 1 for a win, 0.5 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
The Win Expectancy is calculated using the following formula :
Win Expectancy = 1 / (10^((OpponentRating-YourRating)/400)+1)
-------------
Plugging in the 2 ...[text shortened]... 0.87434
Rating change = 16 * (0.5 - 0.87434)
= -5.9895
So W would lose 6 points for a draw.

Originally posted by Kiwi kid
If you don't like the look of that formula try

http://www.littlethorpechess.co.uk/elo_calculator.htm

I can't even understand games at that high of a level. For instance, in Game 2580858 why would white simply not take the bishop on move 19?