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Chess Ratings — Move Over Elo
databuff writes "Less than 24 hours ago, Jeff Sonas, the creator of the Chessmetrics rating system, launched a competition to find a chess rating algorithm that performs better than the official Elo rating system. The competition requires entrants to build their rating systems based on the results of more than 65,000 historical chess games. Entrants then test their algorithms by predicting the results of another 7,809 games. Already three teams have managed create systems that make more accurate predictions than the official Elo approach. It's not a surprise that Elo has been outdone — after all, the system was invented half a century ago before we could easily crunch large amounts of historical data. However, it is a big surprise that Elo has been bettered so quickly!"
However, it is a big surprise that Elo has been bettered done so quickly!
Absolutely. I can almost guarantee no one thought that Elo would have been bettered done so quickly.
William of Ockham had no beard. The most likely explanation is that it was chewed off by squirrels every morning.
Elo-L
Less than 24 hours ago, the readers of Slashdot launched a competition to find an editing algorithm that performs better than the official "editors" of the site. The competition requires entrants to build their comment systems based on the results of over 9,000 historical submissions. Entrants then test their algorithms by predicting the results of the next 7,809 dup^H^H^Hstories. Already three teams have managed to create systems that make more accurate predictions than the official /. approach. It's not a surprise that Timothy has been outdone -- after all, he was invented half a century ago before English had been standardized. However, it is no big surprise that Slashdot has been bettered done so quickly! The winner: Texas Instruments!
Haida Manga
Organized crime members linked to gambling rackets have been endicted for kidnapping a busload of nerds after they refused to program similar algorithms in exchange for Warcraft game time and photoshopped Natalie Portman porn.
We all know that's not true though. They totally would have done it.
Battered done --> basted
And if my current relative rank is higher than yours, doesn't that imply that if we play each other I should win? If not, what purpose does the rank serve?
Historical achievement, the glory of the grind. Much as my lower UID implies this comment should be more valuable than your high UID comment.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Three teams done bettered Elo with betterer done algorithms, and the submitter is surprised that it was bettered done so quickly. I'm done. Was that better?
He sounds like Lady Macbeth on crack.
Absolutely. I can almost guarantee no one thought that Elo would have been bettered done so quickly.
Is it because elo would have been bettered done so quickly that you came to me?
Pleased to say I jumped straight into the money at #7 with my first submission :-)
Where AM I going to spend a whole 50 Euros ? Maybe I'll donate it to Greece, seems like they need it.
Sometimes I suspect low UID users have a crawler that looks for people referencing low UIDs...
I had no idea COBOL was so powerful.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett