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Nick Matthew v Ben Smith (Wed 14 Nov 2018)

Match won by Nick Matthew. Result: 11-3,11-4,11-5.

Starting level for Nick Matthew: 54,654, level confidence: 62%.
Starting level for Ben Smith: 12,880, level confidence: 53%.
Nick Matthew to win as he is currently playing 324% better than Ben Smith.

Nick Matthew won all of the games and 73% of the points.
This games result would be expected if he was better by around 55% or more.
This points result would be expected if he was better by around 175% (PAR scoring).
These are weighted and combined to calculate that Nick Matthew played 175% better than Ben Smith in this match.

Due to the difference between the players' levels, allow for the likelihood that Nick Matthew was taking it easy by anything up to 36%. This gives him an allowed level range for this match between 19,686 and 54,654 without affecting his level.

In this case, Nick Matthew played at level 35,420 and remained within his allowed range so his level will not be adjusted. Consequently, Ben Smith is considered to have not played better than expected and his level will also not be adjusted.

Increase level confidence due to one more match played. Nick Matthew: 79%, Ben Smith: 73%. Reduce level confidence based on how unexpected the result is. Nick Matthew: 64%, Ben Smith: 58%.

A final adjustment of +0.2% has been made to both players as part of the automatic calibration that is performed after each match. All players in this pool will have been adjusted equally in order to remain equivalent to other player pools.

Final level for Nick Matthew: 54,791, level confidence: 64%.
Final level for Ben Smith: 12,912, level confidence: 58%.