European Kyu Inflation
Floris?: I am getting the idea European kyu players (esp. Dutch) have an inflated rank compared to dan players and strong kyus (1k/2k) in Europe. This I conclude from the fact that European dans are usually have a stronger rating on KGS than their EGF rating, whilst European kyu players usually have a lower rank (sometimes even by two or more stones) on KGS than their european rating. According to the diagrams here on SL KGS *should* be weaker than European ranks. Is this completely wrong or are these (a lot) Europeans just overestimating themselves?
Charles Based on a number of examples, I concluded that KGS ratings are less than one stone apart, with coincidence at around 1 k = 1 kyu.
mgoetze: As far as I can tell, EGF ratings are much more consistent than KGS ratings. Also note that many European players rank themselves higher than their rating on the EGF list...
Warp: Another (simple) explanation for the phenomenon described by Floris: It may be that KGS ranks are a bit less separated than EGF ranks (eg. if we think that EGF ranks are 1 stone apart, it may be that KGS ranks are for example 0.9 stones apart). EGF and KGS ranks are equal somewhere around 5k, which would explain the phenomenon. Just an idea.