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Subject: Re: My proposal to SSDF: decrease level by 100 points

Author: Andrew Dados

Date: 06:51:32 07/29/00

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On July 28, 2000 at 16:44:24, Bertil Eklund wrote:

>On July 28, 2000 at 11:28:44, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>
>>On July 28, 2000 at 10:25:14, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>I fully agree with you because i have spoked with a lot of strong players and
>>>almost everyone plays and analyzes with Fritz all day long.
>>>
>>>In the next list august 4 or 5 we are going to subtract maybee 100 points (still
>>>under discussion)
>>
>>Why do you want to subtract a hundred points? What would it accomplish? As long
>>as the ratings are clearly inflated it's difficult to compare to human ELO
>>numbers. By making the numbers more realistic you just encourage more
>>unreasonable comparison.
>>
>>Best wishes...
>>Mogens
>Hi!
>
>Speake out!
>
>What do you mean with "clearly inflated". As most people understand it's not
>very much inflation in the SSDF-list. The difference between now and then is
>that people nowadays know how to play a computer. Compare it with the program of
> your choice with the results from yesterday and today. I have played thousands
>of games against Mach3 (Avantgarde) and my results today is much better. Why?!
>I guess Mach3 is still as strong as before against an unexperienced player or is
>it a year 2000 problem....?
>
>Bertil

No.
If you had played thousands of games... watched another thousands...
then believe me or not - you are no more 'unexperienced player'.

-Andrew-



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