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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mvalkanov | 4 | 1955 | 1274 |
| Rating | perf | err | err2 | |ΔR| | ΔR min | ΔR max | max | R | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRM | 0.186 | 0.311 | 0.490 | 52.0 | -57 | 132 | 1332 | 1274 | 950 |
| Odd | 0.584 | 0.587 | 0.957 | 146.0 | 10 | 447 | 1877 | 1877 | 878 |
| EloSRM | 0.592 | 0.592 | 0.953 | 152.0 | 14 | 451 | 1955 | 1955 | 855 |
| SRMFix | 0.594 | 0.594 | 0.887 | 112.2 | 11 | 351 | 1649 | 1649 | 1026 |
| initial | 0.705 | 0.705 | 0.937 | 84.8 | 27 | 212 | 1539 | 1539 | 1167 |
| # | date | round | division | rank | seed | perf | Δ Elo | Elo new | Elo rank | Δ SRM | SRM new | SRM rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2004-05-18 | SRM 195 | 1 | 118 | 130.45 | 0.14 | 36 | 1955 | 855 | 9 | 1274 | 950 |
| 3 | 2004-05-05 | SRM 193 | 1 | 141 | 141.87 | 0.01 | 14 | 1920 | 930 | -57 | 1265 | 984 |
| 2 | 2004-03-31 | SRM 189 | 1 | 115 | 146.22 | 0.35 | 108 | 1906 | 950 | -10 | 1322 | 807 |
| 1 | 2004-03-16 | SRM 187 | 2 | 44 | 160.78 | 1.87 | 451 | 1798 | 1172 | 132 | 1332 | 760 |