18-12-2012, 12:57 PM
Main reason for not wanting ELO rating is scared of losing rating points and therefore losing out on selection for a future event e.g. Olympiad team, Cappelle/British selection etc
If a player say rated 2300 with a K -factor plays someone 2000 and loses then can lose 13 points but only gain 2 if win , so odds not good from their point of view.
Another reason is that we have a very good CS system which contains less bias/inflation than ELO so it should benefit from premier tournament rating
3rd reason - only 1 or 2 games - why bother ?
All in all it was outvoted last time - happy for new vote on this or any other rule if backing
If a player say rated 2300 with a K -factor plays someone 2000 and loses then can lose 13 points but only gain 2 if win , so odds not good from their point of view.
Another reason is that we have a very good CS system which contains less bias/inflation than ELO so it should benefit from premier tournament rating
3rd reason - only 1 or 2 games - why bother ?
All in all it was outvoted last time - happy for new vote on this or any other rule if backing