[computer-go] CG'2008 paper: Whole-History Ratings

[terry mcintyre]

--- Matthew Woodcraft <matthew at woodcraft.me.uk> wrote:

> Christoph Birk wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, terry mcintyre wrote:
> >> Beginning players do improve by 4-5 ranks in a
> short
> >> period of time. We don't all start as dan-level
> >> players, alas!
> 
> > Yes, but short time will still be many games.
> 
> It might be that most of those games aren't visible
> to the rating
> system.

Indeed -- I can offer my case as an example; in a few
months, a 3-stone improvement. Only a small fraction
of my games were played on KGS; the rest were
face-to-face. 


Terry McIntyre &lt;terrymcintyre at yahoo.com&gt;

“Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.”

Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons [June 15, 1874]

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