Author: Leon Stancliff
Date: 09:45:29 01/01/00
To whom it may concern, I am very much interested in determining as valid a criteria as possible for classifying computer chess playing programs as Grandmaster level. What number of games should be considered as reasonably reliable? What achievements should be evaluated? Since Fide titled players are hesitant about allowing computers to compete in the higher class tournaments required for Grandmaster norms, there must be some alternative method. Let us see if we can develop something which will be as reliable as possible when compared with the FIDE qualifications for awarding of the GM title. First, we need to know precisely what the Grandmaster norms are at present. Arpad Elo gives them in his book THE RATING OF CHESSPLAYERS, published in 1978. At that time it appears that 24 games was the required number. A performance rating of 2550 had to be achieved three times within a three years period. A percentage of 55% had to be scored against the GM opponents faced in the 24 games. If someone has this sort of information for present FIDE GM title qualification, will you please make it available on CCC? Second, someone suggested data giving the FIDE rating which present day GMs had at the time the title was awarded would be useful in determining whether the programs were performing at GM level. If you have the GM title and you know what your FIDE rating was at the time your title was awarded, or you know of such information about present GMs, please share it with us here on ICC. In 1978 Arpad Elo gave the average rating of the GMs who had been awarded the title during the years 1971 to 1977. That average was 2518 for 67 GMs. It was not the average rating when they were awarded the title, but was probably fairly close. Most of them would probably have increased their rating just a bit from the time of the award to the year 1978. Does anyone think FIDE has this latter information. Would they cooperate if they do have it? Leon Stancliff
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