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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| anandbhalgat | 5 | 1698 | 994 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | -0.318 | 0.384 | 0.582 | 43.6 | -140 | 6 | 1206 | 994 | 2584 |
| SRMFix | -0.032 | 0.579 | 0.626 | 81.2 | -101 | 125 | 1447 | 1288 | 2707 |
| initial | 0.115 | 0.586 | 0.647 | 70.5 | -113 | 103 | 1411 | 1269 | 2775 |
| EloSRM | -0.214 | 0.616 | 0.747 | 99.3 | -70 | 240 | 1807 | 1698 | 2315 |
| Odd | -0.185 | 0.631 | 0.746 | 99.2 | -69 | 242 | 1733 | 1631 | 2330 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2005-11-03 | SRM 270 | 2 | 230 | 91.93 | -1.33 | -70 | 1698 | 2315 | -140 | 994 | 2584 |
| 4 | 2005-10-18 | SRM 268 | 2 | 160 | 95.30 | -0.75 | -39 | 1768 | 2016 | -58 | 1134 | 1915 |
| 3 | 2005-10-01 | SRM 266 | 2 | 109 | 115.70 | 0.09 | 30 | 1807 | 1831 | -6 | 1192 | 1612 |
| 2 | 2005-09-27 | SRM 265 | 1 | 253 | 314.76 | 0.31 | 118 | 1776 | 1929 | -8 | 1198 | 1588 |
| 1 | 2005-08-16 | TCO05 Qual 7/8 | 1 | 177 | 269.57 | 0.61 | 240 | 1659 | 2339 | 6 | 1206 | 1554 |