Was there a global FIDE rating peak during 2019 up to early 2020
Magnus' peak rating of 2882 was achieved during 2014 May and again in 2019 August. I also noticed that many club level people I know who played actively peaked in rating during the 2019-2020. This is...
View ArticleWhat's the meaning of various bot personalities' ELO ratings on Chess.com?
Chess.com has various bot "personalities" with their ELOs listed. But how should we interpret these ratings, given that the bots play instantly, and humans probably can't?
View ArticleElo difference - the most "improbable" victory
Having a big ELO doesn't make you invincible. I myself played a tournament game with someone from our club about 1000 ELO points down (and should have lost, he happily took the draw offer). This...
View ArticleIs there any software or web service for club-level Elo ratings?
Is there any software (or web-based service) that allows you to keep track of local, club-level Elo ratings? These ratings would not have any connection with official Elo ratings, it would be just an...
View ArticleExpected game score as a function of stockfish position evaluation and the...
Stockfish (as well as many other engines) can provide a win-draw-loss (or expected game score) evaluation of a position. This of course is based on the engine playing against itself - human's player's...
View ArticleChess engine with an ELO of less than 1800
I am looking for an UCI compatible engine with an ELO of less than 1800. Not a version of Houdini or Stockfish with an ELO of 1800. I want a engine with a real ELO rating of 1800 or less. If you can...
View ArticleWhy does FIDE still use Elo?
I've been impressed with the way the Glicko rating system works. In particular:more games played recently cause your rating to stabilizefewer games played recently cause your rating to fluctuate until...
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Why were unrated players counted as rated players in this historical FIDE...
I came across this event where unrated players are also counted as rated players. Below you can see that every player has a rating of 1824 but when you view the tournament there are a lot of unrated...
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