3.51 The challenge must be met if the rating system is to succeed, if it is to produce ratings that will satisfy the players and the users of the rating list.
| Player | Rounds | Elo | SRM |
|---|---|---|---|
| forever | 2 | 1750 | 1173 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | -0.022 | 0.071 | 0.074 | 21.5 | -35 | 8 | 1208 | 1173 | 1344 |
| SRMFix | 0.519 | 0.519 | 0.596 | 110.4 | 38 | 183 | 1421 | 1421 | 1691 |
| initial | 0.555 | 0.555 | 0.629 | 66.8 | 31 | 103 | 1334 | 1334 | 1857 |
| EloSRM | 0.594 | 0.594 | 0.697 | 181.4 | 87 | 276 | 1750 | 1750 | 1526 |
| Odd | 0.609 | 0.609 | 0.722 | 181.2 | 76 | 286 | 1680 | 1680 | 1565 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2005-01-22 | SRM 227 | 1 | 195 | 227.53 | 0.23 | 87 | 1750 | 1526 | -35 | 1173 | 1344 |
| 1 | 2004-12-28 | SRM 225 | 2 | 64 | 124.33 | 0.96 | 276 | 1663 | 1756 | 8 | 1208 | 1209 |