On 4 Nov 2006 14:58:54 -0800, "
wrote:

1. If the match at any time stands at 9:9 it indicates an
equality between the contestants.

3. Thus a win by either player in the next decisive game shows
no superiority any more than a single throw of a coin shows a
superiority of heads or tails.

This doesn't make any sense to me. Whomever wins the next game as won
10 to 9.

4. A 9:9 result then is properly declared a drawn match since
the challenger has shown no clear superiority.

If the challenger won the next game, it would be 10 to 9, and he would
have shown a clear superiority.

If it is a match until one player wins 10 games, then the challenger
needs to have the opportunity to win that 10th game, if it is 9 to 9.
I would have expected better logic by Elo, but he was pretty old at
that time.
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