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Subject: Re: Upon scientific truth - the nature of information

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 16:57:37 07/15/00

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On July 15, 2000 at 19:24:29, ShaktiFire wrote:

>That is an interesting point.  I wonder, do you know the elo formulation
>enough to say the uncertainty.  For example, Deep Jr. will achieve a TPR
>based on playing a 9 game tournament.  Now if we consider the TPR an
>estimate of the real elo rating, what is the uncertainty using only 9 games.
>How many games required to achieve say a 90% chance of having an elo
>rating within + - 25 pts. of the TPR?

No, I don't know the ELO formulation, but I'm sure it can be found at several
chess sites. Never had the use for it myself besides my own engine tournaments
and I use EloStat to calculate that for me. However, I'm quite sure that you can
say very little about a program strength based on 9 games.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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