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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hesibo | 16 | 2713 | 1618 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 0.838 | 1.356 | 1.887 | 110.1 | -184 | 305 | 1731 | 1618 | 1045 |
| Odd | 0.860 | 1.395 | 1.836 | 103.0 | -65 | 326 | 2605 | 2564 | 858 |
| EloSRM | 0.869 | 1.398 | 1.843 | 105.3 | -73 | 320 | 2754 | 2713 | 873 |
| SRMFix | 0.853 | 1.410 | 1.873 | 111.8 | -130 | 289 | 2267 | 2216 | 829 |
| initial | 0.729 | 1.439 | 1.859 | 173.3 | -190 | 465 | 2759 | 2604 | 704 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2009-07-23 | SRM 445 | 1 | 368 | 347.25 | -0.52 | -27 | 2713 | 873 | -73 | 1618 | 1045 |
| 15 | 2009-03-14 | TCO09 Round 2 | 1 | 498 | 407.06 | -0.29 | -14 | 2740 | 777 | -40 | 1691 | 897 |
| 14 | 2009-03-07 | TCO09 Round 1 | 1 | 289 | 642.94 | 1.15 | 82 | 2754 | 729 | 109 | 1731 | 835 |
| 13 | 2009-02-24 | TCO09 Qual 1 | 1 | 88 | 398.86 | 2.18 | 138 | 2672 | 899 | 144 | 1622 | 1038 |
| 12 | 2009-01-21 | SRM 433 | 1 | 566 | 343.00 | -0.80 | -61 | 2534 | 1384 | -184 | 1478 | 1629 |
| 11 | 2008-05-28 | SRM 403 | 1 | 176 | 212.03 | 0.27 | 25 | 2594 | 969 | 36 | 1662 | 912 |
| 10 | 2008-05-01 | SRM 400 | 1 | 348 | 338.06 | -0.39 | -18 | 2569 | 1019 | -86 | 1626 | 960 |
| 9 | 2008-04-23 | SRM 399 | 1 | 41 | 261.75 | 2.68 | 154 | 2588 | 956 | 196 | 1712 | 776 |
| 8 | 2008-04-15 | SRM 398 | 1 | 36 | 464.00 | 3.69 | 256 | 2433 | 1489 | 305 | 1516 | 1294 |
| 7 | 2008-04-03 | SRM 396 | 1 | 435 | 452.86 | 0.06 | 14 | 2177 | 2562 | -29 | 1211 | 3033 |
| 6 | 2008-03-11 | SRM 393 | 2 | 17 | 216.17 | 3.67 | 160 | 2163 | 2587 | 155 | 1240 | 2776 |
| 5 | 2008-03-06 | SRM 392 | 2 | 428 | 182.93 | -1.23 | -63 | 2004 | 3444 | -88 | 1085 | 4131 |
| 4 | 2008-01-24 | SRM 389 | 2 | 32 | 258.20 | 3.01 | 199 | 2066 | 2926 | 145 | 1173 | 3321 |
| 3 | 2008-01-15 | SRM 388 | 2 | 463 | 231.57 | -1.00 | -73 | 1867 | 4212 | -136 | 1028 | 4572 |
| 2 | 2008-01-09 | SRM 387 | 2 | 152 | 197.98 | 0.38 | 81 | 1941 | 3613 | -23 | 1164 | 3379 |
| 1 | 2008-01-05 | SRM 386 | 2 | 246 | 510.60 | 1.05 | 319 | 1859 | 4236 | -13 | 1187 | 3196 |