Author: James Robertson
Date: 03:04:18 08/19/99
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On August 19, 1999 at 01:17:40, KarinsDad wrote: >On August 18, 1999 at 23:55:09, James Robertson wrote: > >>On August 18, 1999 at 23:51:56, Stephen A. Boak wrote: >> >>>I calculated the Tournament Performance Rating (TPR) of each FIDE KO >>>semi-finalist (also Polgar) to date: polgar 2692, adams 2744, akopian 2904, >>>khalifman 2769, nisipeanu 2837 >>> >>>These figures give you an approximate idea of what TPR a computer would have to >>>score in a similar KO tournament to get into the final round. >>> >>> --Steve Boak >> >>Could you add up the average ELO faced by each player? I am bummed that Kramnik >>lost, and I think that the stupid pairings caused his early exit while players >>like Akopian surfed in with relatively easy opponents. >> >>James > >What are you talking about James? > >Akopian (2657) played 6 rounds so far and his competition has been (January 1999 >rating when I did not know the current rating): > >1 Chiburdanidze (??) Nominee from FIDE President >2 Antonio (??) >3 Bareev (2682) >4 Georgiev (2672) >5 Movsesian (2640) >6 Adams (2716 Jan) > >Granted, his first 2 rounds were with relatively unknown players, but his last 4 >rounds have been against players rated higher than him (except Movsesian) and >rated in the same ballpark (maybe even higher on average) as Kramnik's >opponents. > >Kramnik (2785) played 4 rounds and his competition has been: > >2 Tiviakov (2627 Jan) >3 Korchnoi (2673 Jan) >4 Topalov (2682) >5 Adams (2716 Jan) > >I think people forget how much effort was required to get to the finals, >regardless of path. > >KarinsDad :) Ok, the average ELO's do seem similar. Obviously it is a tremendous amount of work to get to the finals, as only 2 out of 100 are left. :) James
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