Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 10:41:15 09/11/99
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On September 11, 1999 at 02:41:25, Tina Long wrote: >On September 08, 1999 at 18:08:56, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On September 08, 1999 at 17:36:38, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >> >>>Should the game Rebel-Hoffman be taken in account to calculate the performance >>>rating of Rebel in the GM challenge? >>> >>>-Yes 1 >>>-No >>>-Abstain >> >>Why such an absurd position as to claim it should count despite machine crashes? >> >>Because it does not matter *why* the outcome was as it was. >> >>If a GM defaults because he does not feel well enough to continue, does that >>invalidate the loss? No. And neither should this one. >> >>No cries of "mess-up... do-over" should be allowed. > >The question is not "did Rebel lose" >The question is how well does Rebel perform > >I race my racecar, it blows an engine, I come last. >Result: I came last >Performance ability: No data provided > >I raced my car before, it didn't blow an engine >Performance ability: seconds per lap, top speed, compared to other cars. > >Rebel has & is going to play lotsa games: >To prove itself. To give Ed data on strenghts & weaknesses. To see how it >performs on different platforms. etc > >When assessing a performance "rating", only bonafide games provide data. Tell that to FIDE, I think that they would rate this game had it been played in one of their sanctioned tournaments.
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