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Try this, it's a system called Whole-History Rating. From the abstract:
Whole-History Rating (WHR) is a new method to estimate the
time-varying strengths of players involved in paired comparisons. Like
many variations of the Elo rating system, the whole-history approach
is based on the dynamic Bradley-Terry model. But, instead of using
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While I up-voted Pieter's answer, there are some additional points I might add. Different scoring methods can be crucially important to how you play the game of bridge. If you understand those differences, it might even make up a pure skill differential between two pairs.
For example, if I compare IMPS versus matchpoints scoring, at IMPS scoring (thus teams ...
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As Eric Murray famously said in the case of Crown vs St. Clair Bridge Club:
"The game [rubber bridge] is only one of luck when played as the
justices of the Ontario Superior Court play it in closed chambers."
That is of course the same Eric Murray of the Canadian partnership Murray & Kehela that was widely ranked the third best in the world ...
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