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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| smirnoff | 3 | 1787 | 1182 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 0.015 | 0.203 | 0.235 | 40.0 | -54 | 51 | 1251 | 1182 | 1274 |
| SRMFix | 0.464 | 0.470 | 0.654 | 97.0 | -1 | 237 | 1490 | 1489 | 1397 |
| initial | 0.514 | 0.514 | 0.690 | 61.8 | 5 | 137 | 1386 | 1386 | 1600 |
| EloSRM | 0.500 | 0.529 | 0.737 | 147.3 | -2 | 334 | 1789 | 1787 | 1219 |
| Odd | 0.497 | 0.533 | 0.745 | 142.2 | -4 | 332 | 1717 | 1714 | 1272 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2004-04-27 | SRM 192 | 1 | 129 | 140.25 | -0.04 | -2 | 1787 | 1219 | -54 | 1182 | 1274 |
| 2 | 2004-04-06 | SRM 190 | 1 | 119 | 146.87 | 0.30 | 105 | 1789 | 1206 | -15 | 1236 | 1062 |
| 1 | 2004-03-31 | SRM 189 | 2 | 51 | 120.38 | 1.24 | 334 | 1684 | 1499 | 51 | 1251 | 1019 |