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Subject: Re: Karpov Grandmaster ratings

Author: Peter W. Gillgasch

Date: 18:06:35 11/18/97

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On November 18, 1997 at 21:02:01, Mac Moss wrote:

>After 8 games against Power Chess (which has an 'adaptive'
>opponent and rates your play), it came in at 1016, with a record
>of 4 wins and 4 losses. This was at  its lowest level (level 6,
>"1-ply").
>
>This is as weak as it gets- which may not be significant to most
>tournament players, but does tell you that it would be a
>frustrating opponent for most kids learning the game, or adult
>novices. My own experience coaching chess was that most
>grade school kids range from 400-900.

I thought if you know how the pieces move you are at 800 or so ? Is
there any nice rating formula that can handle such low ratings sensibly
?

-- Peter




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