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Computer Automated
Ratings Database System (CARDS)
Overview.....
Clubs can now rate their
players using the CARDS rating system. A rating is
an accurate measure of the player’s current standing
at bridge. This is so because the system takes into
account the strength of the partner and that of the
opponents. It also puts more weight on recent games.
The system is akin to the international chess rating
system.
Ratings are not designed to
replace masterpoints. Masterpoints largely reflect
how long a player has been playing rather than a
player’s current performance and that is quite
different from ratings.
Most duplicate players want to
know how they went. That is why they go to the
trouble of going to the club. The percentage tells
the player how his or her partnership went on the
day but it does not tell the whole story. What a
player really wants to know is how good that result
is when you take into account the strength of the
partner and the opponents. This is what CARDS does.
A typical comment on the
system:
“At the end of each session to
know not only my outright percentage result but how
well I have performed against my rating has added a
marvelous new dimension to the game. In the past, I
didn’t really know how I was doing.
In the clubs using CARDS that I
have played in, the system has been received with
overwhelming enthusiasm. It has created added
enjoyment and it has huge intellectual appeal. It
should have been thought of years ago.”
John Anderson (Retired Managing
Director of Zerox South Africa and Zerox Australia -
Rated 59.)
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