Agreed - as long as you have separate rating systems: CFC Regular, CFC Active, FQE, USCF, FIDE etc. you will always get differences.
From a statistical point of view rating is simply an average...
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Agreed - as long as you have separate rating...
Agreed - as long as you have separate rating systems: CFC Regular, CFC Active, FQE, USCF, FIDE etc. you will always get differences.
From a statistical point of view rating is simply an average...
Two points in relation to Garland's posting: (1)...
Two points in relation to Garland's posting: (1) CFC, FQE and FIDE events tend to be played under different conditions not least of which being time controls - for some players this is a bigger deal...
Over time where you have geographically separated...
Over time where you have geographically separated pools of players ratings can move out of synch. I remember one case about 25 years ago where Manitoba ratings had become badly deflated and there had...
In fairness, technical discussions going back at...
In fairness, technical discussions going back at LEAST as far as the presidency of Francisco Cabanas have been going on at irregular intervals on this subject. The methodology for comparing ratings...