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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viltnieks | 4 | 1722 | 1052 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odd | 0.614 | 0.776 | 0.858 | 114.0 | -51 | 191 | 1668 | 1668 | 1548 |
| EloSRM | 0.610 | 0.788 | 0.867 | 120.3 | -69 | 193 | 1722 | 1722 | 1547 |
| initial | 0.579 | 0.806 | 0.879 | 97.1 | -55 | 165 | 1479 | 1479 | 1367 |
| SRMFix | 0.602 | 0.847 | 0.919 | 124.1 | -114 | 170 | 1468 | 1468 | 1503 |
| SRM | 0.455 | 1.035 | 1.071 | 137.0 | -348 | 93 | 1052 | 1052 | 1754 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2004-12-07 | SRM 222 | 2 | 49 | 72.08 | 0.56 | 65 | 1722 | 1547 | 48 | 1052 | 1754 |
| 3 | 2004-11-23 | SRM 220 | 2 | 42 | 103.07 | 1.30 | 154 | 1657 | 1731 | 93 | 1004 | 1945 |
| 2 | 2004-11-20 | SRM 219 | 2 | 97 | 186.51 | 0.94 | 193 | 1503 | 2184 | 59 | 911 | 2271 |
| 1 | 2004-11-04 | SRM 218 | 2 | 142 | 111.01 | -0.36 | -69 | 1310 | 3049 | -348 | 852 | 2600 |