Author: KarinsDad
Date: 12:56:27 01/29/99
Go up one level in this thread
On January 29, 1999 at 15:18:15, KarinsDad wrote: >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 I went to my local state chess web page and checked out the results for the last few open tournaments. Here are the results: Diff W L D 300 2 12 400 2 11 1 500 9 Out of the 2 wins and a draw at the 400 point differential, all 3 of them were from up and coming young turks whose ratings are lower than their playing ability. Of course, this is too small of a sample set to be taken seriously, but it does support my theory. KarinsDad
This page took 0.01 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.