Author: KarinsDad
Date: 13:16:32 01/29/99
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On January 29, 1999 at 15:57:43, allan johnson wrote: > In Australia it is not unusual for players rated 1400 to defeat players of 1900 >in the Australian championships in January.Players of 1500 strength have even >beaten opponents rated 2000.There is generally a logical reason for this >occuring though.What happens is that ratings are adjusted annually here and so >up and coming stars are often playing well above their rating when they meet an >opponent of allegedly greater ability.So your arguement that a 500 rating >difference suggests a guarenteed win does not work here. True. If you have a cruder system where a larger percentage of players whose strength does not correspond to their ratings, then of course you will have more "exceptions to the rule". I would think a problem like this would influence your chess federation to modify the frequency of their rating adjustments. > As for chess programmes playing one another I have tested the Mephisto Risc >against Rebel 9 on many,many occasions and the Risc has yet to secure a draw. I would be curious to know what the "approximate ratings" of these two are (and only you know what type of system you run Rebel 9 on). KarinsDad
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