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Subject: Re: CEGT 40/40 downloads and ratings updated

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 05:29:00 01/19/06

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On January 18, 2006 at 20:09:17, Albert Silver wrote:

>On January 17, 2006 at 21:34:23, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>Vasik,
>>
>>>I was thinking to have just a "spin" parameter where the tester indicates the
>>>opponent's rating. (Or rating difference ..) All engines could in principle
>>>expose such a parameter.
>>
>>Do you know that the UCI specification already has this feature?  The
>>UCI_Opponent is a standard option that also send the opponents ELO.  While it's
>>part of the spec I don't know of any GUI that actually sends this info - not
>>even the Shredder Classic GUI.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Steve
>
>Plus, there would be the question of what Elo? Only if it is entered manually by
>the user, no?
>
>                                         Albert

If you get the ELOs for both opponents, you only need to be able to assume that
the difference can be interpreted "normally". Although at places like ICC and
playchess, even this may be a bad assumption.

Vas




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