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Subject: Re: SSDF should recalibrate!!!!

Author: ShaktiFire

Date: 07:54:44 05/22/00

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On May 22, 2000 at 06:10:06, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>If you consider the SSDF rating the same as the FIDE rating yes,
>If you consider it the way SSDF does, namely the differences in strenght between
>the engines in the pool of chess programs, there is no need to.
>Basically the ratings tell us something about the differences between the
>various engines.
>
>SSDF never claimed there was a direct link to human player strenght, afaik.
>
>Jeroen ;-}

Well, several years ago they did claim to calibrate to human ratings.  They
consistently said they matched up with results at aegen (sp) human -computer
tournament.

I realize they are good for comparing relative strength computer vs. computer.
But many us look at the top rating-- 2700 + and see a top grandmaster number.
Soon it will be a better than Kasparov type number.  This is misleading I
think.



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