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KG rating list From:   Daniel Murphy Address:   racgammon@yahoo.com Date:   28 February 2006 Subject:   KG Rating List Top 32 -- Ten Years Ago Forum:   GammOnLine Top 32 from the April 1996 list 1. Ed O'Laughlin 1856 2. Billy Horan 1831 3. Harry Zilli 1790 4. Matthias Pauen 1786 5. Mika Inkinen 1783 6. David Wells 1774 7. Mike Svobodny 1772 8. Ray Glaeser 1770 9. Hugh Sconyers 1768 10. Evert van Eijck 1760 11. Hal Heinrich 1755 12. Wilcox Snellings 1754 13. Sigurd Karwen 1752 14. Peter Jes Thomsen 1752 15. Michael Senkiewicz 1750 16. Neil Kazaross 1749 17. Scott McKenzie 1749 18. Marty Storer 1749 19. Chen-Fu Yu 1747 20. Robert Bishop 1742 21. James Colen 1741 22. John W. Simon 1741 23. Steve Nelson 1738 24. Malcolm Davis 1736 25. Jorma Tattari 1731 26. Douglas Roberts 1731 27. Kit Woolsey 1731 28. Odis Chenault 1728 29. Evan Diamond 1725 30. Jonathan Schroer 1724 31. John Sjølin 1723 32. Dean Muench 1722   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Ratings

Constructing a ratings system  (Matti Rinta-Nikkola, Dec 1998) 

Converting to points-per-game  (David Montgomery, Aug 1998) 

Cube error rates  (Joe Russell+, July 2009) 

Different length matches  (Jim Williams+, Oct 1998) 

Different length matches  (Tom Keith, May 1998) 

ELO system  (seeker, Nov 1995) 

Effect of droppers on ratings  (Gary Wong+, Feb 1998) 

Emperical analysis  (Gary Wong, Oct 1998) 

Error rates  (David Levy, July 2009) 

Experience required for accurate rating  (Jon Brown+, Nov 2002) 

FIBS rating distribution  (Gary Wong, Nov 2000) 

FIBS rating formula  (Patti Beadles, Dec 2003) 

FIBS vs. GamesGrid ratings  (Raccoon+, Mar 2006) 

Fastest way to improve your rating  (Backgammon Man+, May 2004) 

Field size and ratings spread  (Daniel Murphy+, June 2000) 

Improving the rating system  (Matti Rinta-Nikkola, Nov 2000) 

KG rating list  (Daniel Murphy, Feb 2006) 

KG rating list  (Tapio Palmroth, Oct 2002) 

MSN Zone ratings flaw  (Hank Youngerman, May 2004) 

No limit to ratings  (David desJardins+, Dec 1998) 

On different sites  (Bob Newell+, Apr 2004) 

Opponent's strength  (William Hill+, Apr 1998) 

Possible adjustments  (Christopher Yep+, Oct 1998) 

Rating versus error rate  (Douglas Zare, July 2006) 

Ratings and rankings  (Chuck Bower, Dec 1997) 

Ratings and rankings  (Jim Wallace, Nov 1997) 

Ratings on Gamesgrid  (Gregg Cattanach, Dec 2001) 

Ratings variation  (Kevin Bastian+, Feb 1999) 

Ratings variation  (FLMaster39+, Aug 1997) 

Ratings variation  (Ed Rybak+, Sept 1994) 

Strange behavior with large rating difference  (Ron Karr, May 1996) 

Table of ratings changes  (Patti Beadles, Aug 1994) 

Table of win rates  (William C. Bitting, Aug 1995) 

Unbounded rating theorem  (David desJardins+, Dec 1998) 

What are rating points?  (Lou Poppler, Apr 1995) 

Why high ratings for one-point matches?  (David Montgomery, Sept 1995) 

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