Is there a name for the system used for player game records? W L D (+ - = )
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Nov 9, 2020
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I don’t think it’s an official metric because it doesn’t mean anything. Some guy hustling in a park usually has a better win ratio than that.
bbmaxwell wrote:
Hah, an interesting question.
I suppose with no context, it would look very odd to see something like +100 -50 =3
You'd think 100 minus 50 is just 50
Haha yeah. At first glance, I didn't understand what the whole + - = meant.
NikkiLikeChikki wrote:
I don’t think it’s an official metric because it doesn’t mean anything. Some guy hustling in a park usually has a better win ratio than that.
Oops, I copied the wrong thing for Carlsen, I had a bunch of tabs open. Fixed now!
Nov 9, 2020
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Win loss ratio still doesn’t mean anything because it doesn’t take into account the quality of competition. Say you are an average FM and just play tournaments in your corner of the world. You might win 95% of your games. Likewise, someone with the same skill who tries really hard to play in bigger tournaments may have a losing record.
True. If you use this method for a person's entire chess career, you'd need the full game database to see the opponents and gauge how strong of a record it really is.
i'm stupid? : (
For example, on chessgames, Magnus Carlsen's record is =
Overall record: +721 -272 =788 (62.6%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1721 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.
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Chess has the ELO system, Glicko system, etc. for ratings, ECO codes for openings, algebraic notation, descriptive notation for game moves....
So is there an official name for this system that uses + for wins, - for losses and = for draws? and is it used in other games/sports?