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Post #1 Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:15 am 
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Hi,

You can find the historical rating lists there:
http://www.goratings.org/history/

In 1996, #1 Lee Changho was 156 Elo point stronger than #2!
http://www.goratings.org/history/1996-01-01.html

I wanted to add this message to my previous thread, but it seems it is not accessible any more. There may be something wrong with the forum.

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Post #2 Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:25 am 
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I noticed the ELO of the #1 player has increased over time. Do you think this reflects a real increase in strength, inflation in the whole history rating method, a too-low initial rating (if such is used), or something else?

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Post #3 Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:51 am 
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Uberdude wrote:
I noticed the ELO of the #1 player has increased over time. Do you think this reflects a real increase in strength, inflation in the whole history rating method, a too-low initial rating (if such is used), or something else?


The statistical model of WHR assumes that, on average, players don't make progress. And there is a weak prior rating of 2000 Elo for newcomers. The go4go database has many more games in recent times than in the past. So if the current lists includes more weak players than in the eighties, it might explain an increase in the rating of the top player.

Comparing ratings of today with ratings of the past is not very meaningful with such statistical models, unless they can be anchored with fixed-strength players that don't change over time (a machine).

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Post #4 Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 7:00 am 
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One fact I find remarkable: before 1988 all the top three were Japanese; since 1994 not a single Japanese player has been in the top 3. This is an amazingly quick turnaround.

Also interesting is that in 36 years only 5 players have been at the top.

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Post #5 Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:59 pm 
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What's amazing is that ever since international tourneament started all #1 players are koreans. Heck, even ChoChikun is Korean descent.

BTW Im not sure how all these players are rated. No doubt Dr.Baeil's rating system is the best we have right now.

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Post #6 Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:21 pm 
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MP4Life wrote:
What's amazing is that ever since international tourneament started all #1 players are koreans. Heck, even ChoChikun is Korean descent.

Kobayashi Koichi is Japanese, and was nr. 1 in these ratings between 1988 and 1990.

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BTW Im not sure how all these players are rated. No doubt Dr.Baeil's rating system is the best we have right now.

This site uses WHR (as mentioned on its homepage). AFAIK, Dr Baeil's rating is a variant of Elo. Since WHR outperforms Elo, this system is probably better.

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Post #7 Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:39 pm 
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This site uses WHR (as mentioned on its homepage). AFAIK, Dr Baeil's rating is a variant of Elo. Since WHR outperforms Elo, this system is probably better.


Is that always the case? I have no idea how those systems works but I know Dr Baeil puts serious effort and time into collecting all datas necessary. He got Phd in Stanford statistics... aint that sth? IDK

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Post #8 Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:57 pm 
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MP4Life wrote:
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This site uses WHR (as mentioned on its homepage). AFAIK, Dr Baeil's rating is a variant of Elo. Since WHR outperforms Elo, this system is probably better.


Is that always the case? I have no idea how those systems works but I know Dr Baeil puts serious effort and time into collecting all datas necessary. He got Phd in Stanford statistics... aint that sth? IDK


Dr. Baeil might put effort into collecting data, but we are talking about different models for interpreting the data.

You can read Remi's paper here:
http://www.remi-coulom.fr/WHR/WHR.pdf

Basically, Remi compared several existing rating systems at the time using data from KGS games. The results suggest that WHR performed best out of the systems he compared (Elo, Glicko, Trueskill, Bayeselo, Decayed history).

The paper notes some unanswered questions, such as worse performance on the test set in his experiment vs. the training set. So there may be some unanswered questions in the study, and room for further experiments. Nonetheless, the study appears to show that WHR allows for better prediction of game results than the other methods, elo included.

This isn't to say that Elo is a bad system, or that another study might not show different results. But Remi's work seems to be well thought out, to say the least.

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Post #9 Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:33 am 
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Hi,

I updated the web site today with an interactive history graph. You can see a screenshot attached. The domination of Lee Changho was really spectacular.


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Post #10 Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 5:22 am 
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Your graph for Yi Ch'ang-ho seems a bit skew-whiff to me.

I don't pretend to have even tried to understand the mathematics behind it, but just looking at his annual scores suggests the early part of the graph line may be suspect, especially for 1990.


1986: 1-dan, win-loss ratio: 8-3 = 72.7% (no titles)

1989: 4-dan, win loss ratio: 84-27 = 75.7.7% (1x title, 3x runner-up)

1990: win-loss ratio: 78-12 = 86.7% (3x title, 3x runner-up, and in addition he set a record 41 consecutive victories)

1991: 5-dan, win-loss ratio: 65-19 = 77.4% (6x title, 1x runner-up)

1992: 6-dan, win-loss ratio: 81-21 = 79.4% (8x, 2x)

1993: win-loss ratio: 90-19 = 82.6% (11x, 1x)

1994: 7-dan, win-loss ratio: 71-19 = 79.4% (9x, 1x)

1995: win-loss ratio: 63-13 = 82.9% (13x title)

1996: 9-dan, by recommendation; win-loss ratio: 63-30 = 67.7% (13x, 5x)

1997: win-loss ratio: 72-19 = 79.1% (11x, 3x)

1998: win-loss ratio: 49-15 = 76.6% (9x, 3x)

1999: win-loss ratio: 51-10 = 83.6% (9x, 2x)

2000: win-loss ratio: 55-11 = 83.3% (3x, 2x)

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Post #11 Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 5:43 am 
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Hi John,

And thanks for your feedback. I use the database of go4go.net. The database of go4go.net has many less games:
http://www.goratings.org/players/208.html
So, for 1990, I have only 11 games, and the results are 6-5. I suppose the other games were against weaker players.

I have a copy of the Winter 2011 GoGoD Database. It seems GoGoD may contain more historical game results. When I find time, I may try to produce a graph with GoGoD too.

More generally, I'd be happy to use any source of game results that is more comprehensive than go4go. Suggestions are welcome.

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Post #12 Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:00 pm 
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The graph is awesome. I wonder how long Park Jungwhan can hold on to the crown. With the GoGoD data it would be cool to see what WHR thought of Go Seigen.

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Post #13 Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:07 pm 
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For Go4Go database, I have not got the opportunity to compile games from all major Korean tournaments, in particular those from 1990 and backward. So Lee Changho's score should be underestimated. I also believe that Cho Hunhyun's score is underestimated.

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Post #14 Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:22 am 
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Rémi, are you aware of this page? Not as many games as GoGoD, and I don’t know how it compares to Go4Go, and maybe you know it already, but I don't want to withhold this from you: http://homepages.cwi.nl/~aeb/go/games/

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Post #15 Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 7:36 am 
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Thanks for the link.

It is a bit too difficult for me to combine different sources of game results, because player names will always have different spellings. I don't have enough motivation to normalize all player names. So, in practice, I will probably stick to go4go.net unless I find a database of game results that is clearly better.


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Post #16 Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:00 am 
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Any chance that we might be able to construct historical graphs by selecting player names?

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Post #17 Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:18 am 
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hyperpape wrote:
Any chance that we might be able to construct historical graphs by selecting player names?


This won't be possible in the short term, sorry. Right now, the web site is 100% static, so it would not be easy to add this feature.

I have plans to add an history page by country, and also an history page for ladies, though. I need more data from macelee to do that. I will ask him again. Another addition that would not be very difficult would be to produce ratings for the gogod database.

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Post #18 Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:08 pm 
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Hi Rémi,

I just supplied a separate script for you to collect player information from Go4Go. This should enable you to create country lists and female player list. Check your email.

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Post #19 Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:16 pm 
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Thanks for the data. I added flags and gender data to the rating lists now.

I will soon produce a history page with the ranking graphs of top ladies. But it seems the gender data of go4go is wrong for Meng Tailing, at least. I am sure macelee will fix it soon. Please let us know if you see any mistake: http://www.goratings.org/

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Post #20 Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:47 am 
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I fixed the mistake manually. Also, I believe Tao Xin is not a lady either. There is the history page of ladies:
http://www.goratings.org/ladies/

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