if we take the top 16 each of one, compare to the top 16 of another, we can agree the order of skill between each is about, SKorea&China, Taiwan&Japan, SKorea&China Women, Rest of Asia, Europe, Americas, Taiwan&Japan Women, Rest of Asia Women, Rest of World, Americas women, Europe Women, iRest of World Women,OO but what is perception of the the winning rate and score between each set, for reference 200 elo is 75%, and the first handicap stone is a the standard score of 6.5 with following handicap stones a score of 13, feel free to complement with more cats
Forgot North Korea. What about making a difference men women when there is already discrimination in the professional go world?
I ran this through an LLM and asked it to fix the grammatical issues. Apparently it didn’t know what to do with the cats though 
If we compare the top 16 players from one group to the top 16 from another, we can generally agree on the skill order between each group: South Korea and China, Taiwan and Japan, South Korea and China (Women), Rest of Asia, Europe, Americas, Taiwan and Japan (Women), Rest of Asia (Women), Rest of World, Americas (Women), Europe (Women), and Rest of World (Women). However, what is the perceived winning rate and score difference between each set? For reference, a 200 Elo rating difference corresponds to a 75% winning rate, and the first handicap stone is equivalent to a score of 6.5, with subsequent handicap stones worth 13 points each.
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Well, by rest of Asia North Korea, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, etc was what was in my thinking,
I think if you took only the top16 from each region, China and South Korea would dominate. Japan and Taiwan would prolly be strong #3 and #4. And everyone else would be far behind those 4 ^^
According to Go Ratings the highest ranked player outside china/korea/japan/taiwan is a canadian player Ryan Li (4P under NAGF), who is currently ranked as the 499. strongest active player by rating
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Problem with north Korean players is that they can’t easely participate in international tournaments, but they proved already to have top players, I mean higher as players of countries you mentioned. (Like winning the individuals at the wmsg 2008)
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Goratings isn’t reliable for those outside KJC
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It still amazes me that the Elo gap between #1 and #2 is the same as the gap between #2 and #37
Shin Jinseo is outta this world!
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I don’t think North Korea has players at the level of top pros of South Korea / China / Japan, but their top players are at top amateur / low pro level. The WMSG win you mentioned was against amateurs not pros from CJK. They played in but never won the WAGC several times, losing to top amateurs from CJK.
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