Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 09:14:04 05/10/00
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On May 10, 2000 at 12:09:16, blass uri wrote: >On May 10, 2000 at 11:30:53, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>Next July, Junior will play at Dortmund, one of the strongest tournaments of the >>year. Kramnik, Anand and other first rate GMs will be there too. More >>information at http://www.chessbase.com/News/newsframe.htm >> >>Together with Ed's games and the Israeli league, we can finally get a more >>precise idea of the strength of chess programs. I miss another kind of event >>where programs would have to face weaker opposition, say an average of 2200 >>players. Playing only high rated players can give an inflated estimate. >> >>Enrique > >Playing everyone gives realistic estimate. >Playing more against 2200 players who know to play against computers(like >hasidovski who drew against 3 computers) gives only a lower bound. In the same way that playing only very high rated players will give you a higher bound. >I do not see a reason to assume that playing only high rated players will give >an inflated estimate. The Elo of the elite players is supposed to be quite inflated, maybe by 50 to 100 points, due to the fact that they play only among themselves. When was the last time that you saw Kasparov playing in a category XIII tournament? Enrique >Uri
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