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Subject: Re: Ply Depth in relation to Elo again...

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 09:20:55 05/23/00

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On May 23, 2000 at 09:05:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>
>First, I don't think "90" is a "magic number".  Bruce found that Ferret
>searching very shallowly could hold a rating > 2200 on ICC.  At the time,
>his program was rated over 2800 in a real rating there.  Which means each
>ply was worth much less than 90.    So "N" points per ply, linearly?  I think
>it is definitely possible.  And yes, it is possible that some programs begin
>to 'flatten out' while others don't.  I don't see anything that suggests that
>can't happen either.

I think also that it's possible that the ELO is linear to the ply. But is the
ELO linear to the playing strenght? I mean that it would be very hard for a 1400
ELO player to beat a 1500 ELO player but not for one with 2500 ELO to beat one
with 2600 ELO.



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