Author: John Merlino
Date: 21:33:15 10/05/00
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On October 05, 2000 at 20:51:44, Jonathan Lee wrote: >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) I think you're confused about something (or, perhaps I am, which is certainly possible). But, first, I must make a clarification: CM6K was tested by the SSDF on a Pentium 200, rather than a Pentium 90. The SSDF does not change the processor that an engine is tested on. So, CM6K's rating will ALWAYS be listed as being tested on a P-200. Since the SSDF will never test CM6K with its next set of hardware (the K6-2 450 that you speak of), we have to make some estimation of what CM6K would be on today's hardware. This is where the above calculation (70 points for every doubling of speed) comes in. Please correct me if this is not what you were talking about, jm
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