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Posted by bmin61982 mailcafe.net 10/27/2005 13:38:05 Play online chess	Subject: Ratings Gaussian Dist? Message: I was just wondering if anyone had any data about ratings in the real world. Such as the mean, and if a Gaussian distribution a standard deviation. Thanks in advance
Posted by bonsai mailcafe.net 10/27/2005 14:41:39 Play online chess	Message: I don't, but I know that the assumption that playing strength is normally distributed doesn't seem to be particularly good towards the tails of the assumed distribution (namely weaker players are more likely to score - particularly to draw - than they ought to be according to the predictions based on the ELO scores). I haven't checked, but chessmetrics.com is usually a good place to look for these things.