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Author Re: Ratings experts: Please explain
Bill Smythe

2005-04-11, 5:59 pm

"George John" wrote:
quote:

> The bonus threshhold is the square root of the number of games (or 4
> whichever is greater) multiplied by 10. For example:
>
> 3 or 4 games = 10 * sqrt( 4 ) = 20
> 5 games = 10 * sqrt( 5 ) = 22.36
> 9 games = 10 * sqrt( 9 ) = 30


In other words, when you gain X or more points, every point over X is
doubled. X depends on the number if rounds. For 3 or 4 rounds X=20. For 5
rounds X=22. Etc.

Bill Smythe



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