On Apr 28, 4:55 pm, "David Kane" wrote:
In principle,a system that truly rated the moves wouldn't have
to use the result at all. For example, if a 1900 played like a 1700
but beat a 1300 playing like a 1500, then the winner would lose
points and the loser would gain them!

I was replying to this assertion by David Kane.

I don't think the average Joe will accept a rating scheme where
winning a game will lose you points ("then the winner would lose
points and the loser would gain them!")

RL