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IM Jack Rudd
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by IM Jack Rudd » Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:22 pm
Warren Kingston wrote:That sounds correct Jack, but everyone one in the pool has a figure, you must be able to evaluate either side of 0. Not good at maths, so pardon my ignorance.
+2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
+100
-2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
-100
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Rob Thompson
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by Rob Thompson » Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:21 pm
IM Jack Rudd wrote:Warren Kingston wrote:That sounds correct Jack, but everyone one in the pool has a figure, you must be able to evaluate either side of 0. Not good at maths, so pardon my ignorance.
+2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
+100
-2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
-100
There appears to be a nasty div 0 error lurking just around the corner here...
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Richard Bates
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by Richard Bates » Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:01 pm
Warren Kingston wrote:That sounds correct Jack, but everyone one in the pool has a figure, you must be able to evaluate either side of 0. Not good at maths, so pardon my ignorance.
+2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
-2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
No, in my experience it's much easier to become 200 grade at chess
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Alex Holowczak
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by Alex Holowczak » Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:03 pm
The best way to compare your strengths in golf and chess would be to look at your percentile ranking in each of them. A 2250-rated player might be in the xth percentile in terms of chess strength, where a -6 golfer might be in the yth percentile of golfing ability. (Golf pun alert) That seems to be a fair way of comparing the two.
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Warren Kingston
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by Warren Kingston » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:35 am
Richard Bates wrote:Warren Kingston wrote:That sounds correct Jack, but everyone one in the pool has a figure, you must be able to evaluate either side of 0. Not good at maths, so pardon my ignorance.
+2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
-2 golfer and 200 grade chess = ?
No, in my experience it's much easier to become 200 grade at chess
Ben Hogan said in his famous book Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf , that with proper instruction he could teach an average golfer to play to scratch or play level par golf (for the course).
Would that be possible in chess, say Andrew Martin teach me to get to 200.
