This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China.
Travis reflects on a personal rating plateau before speaking with mathematician and Go player Nikola Tsarigradski about how different rating systems work. They compare Elo, Glicko, whole-history ratings, Fox-style promotion systems, and the dan-kyu system, with particular attention to uncertainty, predictiveness, handicap, and rating inflation or deflation. The episode then shifts to Gazza White, who introduces a new world championship tournament and considers what it could add to the professional Go calendar.
Full transcript, related episodes, and additional resources:
https://allthingsgogame.com/2026/07/27/go-rating-systems-elo-glicko-dan-kyu-world-tournament/
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Nikola Interview
- The Elo rating system
- The Glicko and Glicko-2 rating systems
- https://www.goratings.org/en/
- The Fox Go Server rating system
- FIDE
- Dan Kyu rank system
- Top European amateur Lukas Podpera
- European pro Artem Kachanovskyi
- European amateur Viktor Lin
Gazza White Interview
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