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From Lichess page 'Chess rating systems':

Question:

Which rating system is best?

Answer:

The purpose of rating systems is to predict the outcome of games. Therefore, they can be objectively better or worse, according to their ability to make such predictions. Glicko 1 makes better predictions than Elo, and Glicko 2 makes better predictions than Glicko 1

My question: Is 'predict the outcome of games' the same thing as 'reduce the number of upsets' ?

Upset here is simply lower rating defeating (or drawing against?) higher rating. Thus, assuming all ratings are integer valued and no 2 players of equal rating play against each other, what I understand is that

'1800 is more likely (or at least as likely) to beat a 1700 if the ratings are glicko 2 as compared to glicko 1'

if and only if

'Glicko 2 makes better predictions than Glicko 1'

Is there anything I misunderstood?

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    Basically correct. (Note that these rating systems don't natively deal with draws.) Nov 20, 2021 at 0:53
  • @MobeusZoom thanks! what's up with the draws please? (or do i have to make another question for this part?)
    – BCLC
    Nov 20, 2021 at 1:00
  • @MobeusZoom you can post as answer even if incomplete. i'll award bounty but i guess just not accept bounty. looks like no one's really answering anyway
    – BCLC
    Dec 20, 2021 at 17:04
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    ok. Not sure it is incomplete. You asked if your understanding is right, and it is Dec 21, 2021 at 11:59

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Basically correct. (Note that these rating systems don't natively deal with draws, only with binary wins/losses. Draws are incorporated by summarizing results as point-score = wins + 0.5 * draws.)

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