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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| {Mehrdad} | 22 | 1941 | 868 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EloSRM | 0.079 | 0.723 | 0.898 | 44.9 | -49 | 173 | 1978 | 1941 | 4455 |
| Odd | 0.074 | 0.725 | 0.898 | 46.0 | -50 | 178 | 1871 | 1829 | 4422 |
| SRMFix | 0.150 | 0.740 | 0.923 | 53.0 | -62 | 185 | 1512 | 1437 | 4861 |
| SRM | 0.273 | 0.748 | 1.004 | 75.6 | -215 | 122 | 1080 | 868 | 8830 |
| initial | 0.096 | 0.809 | 0.975 | 97.4 | -142 | 264 | 1708 | 1455 | 4423 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 2008-10-02 | SRM 420 | 2 | 420 | 249.79 | -0.75 | -17 | 1941 | 4455 | -26 | 868 | 8830 |
| 21 | 2008-09-20 | SRM 418 | 2 | 445 | 320.07 | -0.84 | -20 | 1958 | 4285 | -76 | 894 | 8504 |
| 20 | 2008-09-11 | SRM 417 | 2 | 77 | 315.71 | 2.04 | 64 | 1978 | 4113 | 98 | 970 | 7618 |
| 19 | 2008-09-04 | SRM 416 | 2 | 391 | 253.73 | -0.62 | -17 | 1914 | 4649 | -26 | 872 | 8744 |
| 18 | 2008-07-10 | SRM 409 | 2 | 436 | 322.77 | -0.43 | -9 | 1931 | 4394 | -4 | 898 | 8426 |
| 17 | 2008-06-26 | SRM 407 | 2 | 109 | 313.64 | 1.52 | 56 | 1940 | 4261 | 91 | 902 | 8328 |
| 16 | 2008-06-14 | SRM 405 | 2 | 269 | 395.99 | 0.56 | 30 | 1884 | 4702 | 61 | 811 | 9241 |
| 15 | 2008-05-06 | SRM 401 | 2 | 419 | 405.94 | -0.53 | -15 | 1854 | 4751 | -32 | 750 | 8562 |
| 14 | 2008-04-15 | SRM 398 | 2 | 245 | 304.14 | 0.31 | 21 | 1868 | 4447 | 49 | 782 | 7140 |
| 13 | 2008-04-12 | SRM 397 | 2 | 348 | 345.56 | -0.01 | 7 | 1848 | 4595 | 33 | 733 | 7684 |
| 12 | 2008-03-11 | SRM 393 | 2 | 684 | 341.18 | -1.11 | -36 | 1841 | 4655 | -122 | 700 | 8122 |
| 11 | 2008-02-26 | SRM 391 | 2 | 367 | 214.71 | -0.77 | -24 | 1877 | 4299 | -37 | 822 | 6630 |
| 10 | 2008-02-16 | TCO08 Round 1 | 1 | 865 | 1,192.61 | 0.08 | 12 | 1902 | 4073 | 57 | 859 | 6215 |
| 9 | 2008-02-13 | TCO08 Qual 3 | 1 | 416 | 668.81 | 0.68 | 58 | 1889 | 4184 | 93 | 802 | 6912 |
| 8 | 2008-02-09 | TCO08 Qual 2 | 1 | 1354 | 930.32 | -0.56 | -44 | 1831 | 4617 | -215 | 709 | 7918 |
| 7 | 2008-02-02 | SRM 390 | 2 | 444 | 274.64 | -0.69 | -30 | 1875 | 4216 | -42 | 924 | 5599 |
| 6 | 2008-01-15 | SRM 388 | 2 | 157 | 309.08 | 0.98 | 77 | 1905 | 3906 | 61 | 966 | 5098 |
| 5 | 2008-01-09 | SRM 387 | 2 | 72 | 295.66 | 2.04 | 173 | 1828 | 4478 | 122 | 905 | 5700 |
| 4 | 2008-01-05 | SRM 386 | 2 | 405 | 454.30 | 0.17 | 35 | 1655 | 5859 | -10 | 783 | 7038 |
| 3 | 2007-12-27 | SRM 385 | 2 | 554 | 398.90 | -0.47 | -49 | 1621 | 6156 | -135 | 793 | 6942 |
| 2 | 2007-12-19 | SRM 384 | 2 | 322 | 264.64 | -0.28 | -31 | 1670 | 5695 | -152 | 928 | 5474 |
| 1 | 2007-12-08 | SRM 381 | 2 | 412 | 560.54 | 0.44 | 165 | 1701 | 5369 | -120 | 1080 | 4011 |