Author: Chessfun
Date: 06:13:55 07/11/01
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On July 11, 2001 at 00:21:54, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On July 10, 2001 at 18:19:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I will do this. I think I will try a rating cap of > 2600 for simplicity. But >>I suspect this will lead to more complaints as a few IMs will play it over and >>over trying the usual anti-computer stuff... With them at 2600 and scrappy at >>3400, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain... >> >>And since the 3200-level GMs have their hands full, will they play it if it is >>rated 3000 or so? Probably not, ie they hardly ever play Crafty now... >> >>It's a catch-22. When winboard protocol version 3 comes out, this will be >>fixable as I will be able to limit the number of consecutive games and cut some >>of that out. > >There's something in the current Winboard that lets you specify maximum number >of games, but it's pretty harsh and would zap GM's as well as the weaker >players. chess.net /icshost=localhost /icsport=5000 -zp -zippyMaxGames=4 -icslogon sarah.ini Sarah. >You can do "rating >= myrating - 700" and still get one point per game, so you >don't end up playing at 32/0 odds. > >I predict that Scrappy's rating will drop but you'll get a lot more games, >including more that you could learn a lesson from. > >As we speak, Scrappy has been idle for 9 hours. which is 3 p.m. to midnight EDT. > You'd think you could get a few games during those hours. > >If you drop so much you get no GM activity you can put it back. It's not like >they are going to forget about you. > >bruce
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