German 3 Dan Inflation

   

You, too, can call yourself 3 dan! Who cares if you're not actually that strong?

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     Less than 2200: 15
     2200-2249:      16
     2250-2299:      31
     2300-2349:      14
     2350-2399:      4
     2400 and up:    1

Lowest: 2096

Are these EGF percentile ratings of a sampling of German "3 dan"s, or something?

Tamsin: While I can see your point, MGoetze, don't you agree that it is a little bit cheeky for an 11 kyu to be complaining about "weak" 3 dans?

AlainWettach: Even at Dan level, the EGF ratings do not necessarily reflect the real playing strength of the players. This is certainly caused by the limited number of computed results. I just had a look at the German list and some of the "weak" 3 dans have a very limited number of tournaments computed. For some of the players, the last results are one or two years old. This is the problem of every rating system: if you don't have enough data, it can only be approximative.

mdm: Maybe part of the reason is that as a 3dan player you are allowed to play e.g. in the preliminaries for the German Championship.

Klaus: As a german dan player I still think that my tournament rating is worth nothing. In my last tournament I have beaten a 4D, lost and won a game against two 3Ds and won against a 2D. I still dont have a rating over 2200, because of one tournament in Bonn, long ago. Actually I play much less than a tournament each jear. Am I shodan? Have fun making jokes about 3D, no problem. See me fight a Dan player if you like to know how strong I am.

Herman Hiddema: Although theoretically a 3 dan should have a rating of 2300 on average, the Average Rating Grade Difference (ARGD) for the EGF ratings of dan players is -51. This means that actually, the average 3 dan should have a rating of 2249. In the above table, it seems that 31 players have a below average rating and 50 have an above average rating, which means that german 3 dans apparently slightly underrate themselves. A few should call themselves 4 dan to make the above list more fair.

IanDavis I think Herman makes a good point, there has been a divergence from average dan ratings ever since the first GOR rating lists were published.


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