Rating the Chess Rating System¶
Glickman, M. E., & Jones, A. C. (1999). Rating the Chess Rating System. Chance, 12(2), 21-28.
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- The slot-by-slot pathologies are all instantiated and named. Scale drift: rating inflation across a pool over time, where the same number means a different strength than it did a decade earlier — the scale slot slipping. Rater-pool drift: a player who only plays a narrow, unrepresentative set of opponents gets a rating that does not generalize — the rater base corrupting the signal. Use drift: an Elo number computed for matchmaking pressed into service as an absolute "is this a master?" credential it was never validated for.
This sourceStatistical analysis of the Elo chess rating system, including the pairwise-outcome inference model and the rating-pool calibration problems (inflation/deflation) that arise when the scale drifts over time.
- The slot-by-slot pathologies are all instantiated and named. Scale drift: rating inflation across a pool over time, where the same number means a different strength than it did a decade earlier — the scale slot slipping. Rater-pool drift: a player who only plays a narrow, unrepresentative set of opponents gets a rating that does not generalize — the rater base corrupting the signal. Use drift: an Elo number computed for matchmaking pressed into service as an absolute "is this a master?" credential it was never validated for.
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