[computer-go] Anchor Player

[Andrés Domínguez]

2006/12/25, Don Dailey <drd at mit.edu>:
>
> On Sun, 2006-12-24 at 13:54 -0800, David Fotland wrote:
> > There is no fixed relationship between ELO and handicap stones.  Stronger
> > players have less variation in their play, so a handicap stone is worth more
> > ELO points for a stronger player than a weaker player.
>
> What you say is consistent with what I've heard from other sources.
>
> My understanding is that in ELO terms the ranks are compressed at the
> higher levels and spread out at lower levels.  So there is less
> difference between 4 dan and 5 dan than 15 kyu and 16 kyu for
> instance.

I think it's exactly the opposite. The difference between 4 dan and 5 dan is
one stone, but more ELO than between 15 and 16k (also one stone).

Andrés