Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:17:25 03/01/01
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On March 01, 2001 at 01:11:50, Garry Evans wrote: >On March 01, 2001 at 00:18:24, Chessfun wrote: > >>On March 01, 2001 at 00:09:07, ERIQ wrote: >> >>>ha, cm would be lucky to get a fide rating of 2600 on any hardware. sorry but >>>this post really cracks me up. >> >> >>As far as I know the rating is supposed to be USCF not FIDE. >>And as a measure of if your PC is set up ok for me it's just like >>a Fritzmark. I think that was the original intent of the post. >> >>Sarah. > > > Even if this rating is soppose to be uscf, it is still too high, if we are >talking about 40/2 The calculations were made at Fischer 5/10. The ratings are MOSTLY meant to be a way to compare the strength of the personalities within the game. They are also (secondarily) meant to approximate "real-world" USCF ratings. The problem is probably in the portion of the calculation that states that every doubling of processor speed is worth 70 rating points. This may have been more valid when CPU speed was a much more important factor a few years ago. Now, with the kinds of processors that have been mentioned in this thread, it is probable that successive doublings are worth less and less points. jm
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