Author: KarinsDad
Date: 12:18:15 01/29/99
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On January 29, 1999 at 14:53:15, Matt Frank wrote: >Terry: > >A 500 point elo difference translates into a score of approx 19 to 1 (no matter >whether the 1 point is a win or two draws, for example). I would bet that the >computer vs computer and human vs human matches based on this level of >difference would produce similar results given a large enough sample (i.e., >thousands of games), regardless of the anecdotal comments made to this post by >others. > >Matt Frank What you say sounds scientific, but I've played a lot more than 20 games against people 500 points above me and have never come even close to winning (or drawing for that matter) in standard time controls. Practically speaking, I think that the ELO percentage estimates are based on mathematics and not on practical results. It would be interesting to be able to search in the USCF database to find out for sure. I think what you say may be true for computers, but is probably not true for humans. KarinsDad
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