What is the Elo rating and handicapping system, and how does it work?

The Elo rating and handicapping system is a statistics-based system for tracking player ability and for matching up people in fair matches. It was originally developed for the chess world for ranking players and grouping them accordingly in tournaments of different playing abilities. For more information, see the Wikipedia Elo page. The FargoRate pool rating system uses a similar approach.

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