Author: Francois Bertin
Date: 05:19:52 04/04/99
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On April 04, 1999 at 03:12:17, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>On April 03, 1999 at 21:57:06, odell hall wrote:
>> I set rebel 10's elo at my uscf rating (1810) to see just how realistic the
>>rating are. I played a six game match at game/5. I was soundly crushed every
>>game!!. Do not believe for a minute that the elo settings for rebel are
>>accurate. Rebel plays much stronger than the elo might suggest. I believe with
>>programs getting as strong as they are that a reasonable goal for programmers
>>would be to develop realistic elo settings for their programs.
>There is a certain limit below which it doesn't go... it might be 1400, it might
>be 1600, I don't know exactly. The lower limit might even depend on the
>hardware you're running on. I propose that you do an experiment: set it to
>1400, see if you start beating it up, or if it is still crushing you. If you
>are still getting crushed then it serves you right for having such a fast
>computer. <grin> (Actually, that was just a joke: I'd expect that the program
>compensates for the machine speed.)
Not exactly true, Dave. You can set the Elo option at any level you like,
even 800 ;-) I often play Rebel at a time level of 5 sec./move and
Elo 1200-1300 and I have good games, although I still have to actually win
one... (sigh) At that level, I generally get a good position because
the program seems to neglect its king safety, and then I loose because
I typically leave a piece "en prise" or don't see a tactical shot that Rebel
is still able to spot, even at that level. That's on a P100 and of course,
I don't use the regular book; instead, I either select the small book or the
"blunder" book.
Regards,
François Bertin
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