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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laumann | 9 | 1626 | 613 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 0.023 | 0.364 | 0.556 | 43.8 | -51 | 182 | 1225 | 1225 | 7267 |
| Odd | 0.041 | 0.365 | 0.544 | 46.6 | -73 | 156 | 1521 | 1521 | 7619 |
| EloSRM | 0.043 | 0.366 | 0.549 | 48.8 | -85 | 152 | 1626 | 1626 | 7676 |
| SRMFix | 0.032 | 0.366 | 0.560 | 42.4 | -114 | 105 | 1133 | 1123 | 9935 |
| SRM | -0.116 | 0.459 | 0.717 | 95.7 | -452 | 123 | 748 | 613 | 11652 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2008-10-18 | SRM 422 | 2 | 271 | 762.35 | 1.49 | 152 | 1626 | 7676 | 123 | 613 | 11652 |
| 8 | 2008-07-10 | SRM 409 | 2 | 672 | 691.96 | -0.16 | -10 | 1473 | 11258 | -10 | 490 | 12438 |
| 7 | 2008-05-28 | SRM 403 | 2 | 386 | 388.33 | -0.17 | -11 | 1484 | 10339 | -21 | 500 | 11747 |
| 6 | 2008-05-24 | SRM 402 | 2 | 519 | 546.52 | -0.18 | -13 | 1495 | 9668 | -32 | 521 | 11041 |
| 5 | 2008-05-06 | SRM 401 | 2 | 419 | 572.22 | -0.03 | 4 | 1508 | 8787 | 14 | 553 | 10144 |
| 4 | 2008-05-01 | SRM 400 | 2 | 591 | 570.10 | -0.24 | -24 | 1504 | 7833 | -67 | 539 | 9100 |
| 3 | 2008-04-23 | SRM 399 | 2 | 429 | 377.93 | -0.33 | -39 | 1527 | 7359 | -114 | 606 | 8650 |
| 2 | 2008-04-12 | SRM 397 | 2 | 490 | 622.47 | 0.34 | 100 | 1566 | 6970 | -28 | 720 | 7831 |
| 1 | 2008-04-03 | SRM 396 | 2 | 649 | 546.93 | -0.35 | -85 | 1467 | 8348 | -452 | 748 | 7526 |