Denes Boros

I am starting a new series on exploratory #data #analysis in the chess world, using typical "big picture" questions. Follow along if you like #graphs, #numbers, or #chess, in no particular order. Last week, someone implied that a higher number of games played should be strongly correlated with rating improvement. I have sought to explore this relationship using FIDE standard ratings from March (after the compression) until October. First, after discarding all players who have not touched rated OTB chess from the dataset, l looked at the distribution of rating. Then, after segmenting players into 3 separate age categories and creating scatter plots, the question can be answered conclusively. The results are satisfactory, at least on the surface. We expect improvers to benefit from playing more games (else why would they be called "Improvers"?) and for decliners to see the opposite. This was a bit of a trivial analysis, let's call it an appetizer...If you would like your idea to be featured on the timeline, please suggest ideas, engage with my content, and chances are that I will add it to a shortlist of topics if it receives attention.