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Subject: Re: Chess software - standard & blitz ratings ?

Author: Lanny DiBartolomeo

Date: 21:27:03 12/24/98

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On December 24, 1998 at 16:13:09, Jim Paul wrote:

>This is related to my previous CM6000 posting.
>What would most people regard as the typical rating improvement in blitz
>compared to standard time controls for most PC chess programs these days?
>
>I know it heavily depends on whether the program is mainly a "heavy calculator"
>or a "knowledge based" program, ie. I'd expect Rebel and Hiarcs to exhibit less
>of a blitz rating increase (if any) compared to their standard 40/2 ratings (on
>SSDF or Selective Search rating lists) for example. Whereas Fritz and probably
>CM6000 would have higher ratings at blitz.
>
>I'd expect CM6000 to play about 100 ELO points higher at blitz than it's SSDF
>rating (when it gets one anyway !!). That would make it around 2550 at blitz ?!
>
>Any ideas / suggestions ?
>
>Jim
CM6000 is a  better standard player and it plays at the top with 1hr+ per side
it has no ssdf rating look at some games in the recent posts against Junior5



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