Author: Jonathan Lee
Date: 17:51:44 10/05/00
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On October 05, 2000 at 15:59:26, John Merlino wrote: >On October 05, 2000 at 02:12:58, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>On October 04, 2000 at 23:55:37, Tim OLena wrote: >> >>>Sorry if this is an old topic (I don't get on here very often). >>> >>>Chessmaster 6000 tells me it thinks it's rating is 2666. >>> >>>How does it arrive at this estimate? >>> >>>Thanks! >>> >>>-TO' >> >>Tim, >> >>It is just a best guess but not very accurate. All of the programs do a little >>computation based only on the speed of your processor. I would not give much >>credence to anything over 2550 though. John Merlino could probably tell you >>more. It is really just a marketing gimmick. I own CM6000 and it is a fine >>program but it is no grandmaster. Too many holes in the knowledge. >> >> >>Tim Frohlick > >As Tim said, it is a very simple calculation based on SSDF's rating of >Chessmaster 6000 on a Pentium 90 (which was 2473). An additional 70 points >(approximately) is added for each doubling of processor speed. I do not know if >this last part is particularly accurate, but that's how it arrives at its >rating. > >jm To John Merlino, On the August 2000 SSDF list by icdchess, your CM6K should be 2600+ SSDF if on 450 MHZ K6-2 by way of doubling. Oh by the way, I heard of pirating of CM6K (burning the compact disc), but I bought it ethically; it was only 6 dollars at CompUSA. Jonathan (77th message)
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