On Apr 23, 6:05 am, David Richerby
wrote:

Hmm. I didn't realize they drew so many games in a row. Still, my
other point remains to be answered; the one about obeying the rules
of the game instead of cheating at will, as is the fashion today.

Your `other point' isn't a point.

Mere assertion noted. Next time, bring back-up!


For such a proof we might look at GM Lasker's lifetime rating curve,
searching for a final, sharp drop from which he never recovered.

There were no ratings in international chess in 1921.

You figured that out all by yourself, did you?

Obviously, I was referring to things like Arpad Eo's
famous book, which rated such events as all the
world championships, retroactively. When graphed,
these performance ratings often reveal surprising
patterns, sans empty rhetoric and press agenda
biases.

You can look at
Sonas's figures if you want but his rating formula is fundamentally
flawed.

Wouldn't surprise me. I have found many statistical
analysis to be the same as history: bunk.

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