Fig.1

Concept

Elo

Elo is a rating system, originally built for chess by Arpad Elo, that assigns each competitor a single number representing skill, updated after every match based on the outcome versus the expected outcome. The anchor: like a leaderboard score, except the update is relative.

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Elo, explained · Fig. 1