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Subject: Re: 1 Hour CCR Test by IM Larry Kaufmann -- Green Light results

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 04:21:23 05/10/01

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On May 10, 2001 at 06:27:33, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On May 10, 2001 at 06:24:26, Peter Berger wrote:
>
>>On May 10, 2001 at 06:16:14, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>>
>>>I guess, it's the well known "phantasy rating scheme".
>>>
>>>Uli
>>>
>>Sorry, your guess is wrong - it is the USCF rating scheme that has been used .
>>
>>pete
>
>Do you seriously want to claim that there is a correlation between these number
>and the USCF rating of the programs ?
>
Well, with all of the maths stuff currently on the Board : yes , I do ;-) .

I don't think it is a very strong correlation though :-) .

Tim asked a question about the test specification - the test offers three
different rating schemes to scale the results : USCF , Swedish and British - I
was simply stating fact . I didn't post the reference to the USCF rating in the
result list - there are simply numbers posted : the more the better ( that's
perfectly valid ) .

>I don't buy that.
>
>Let's call it "Kaufman rating" or what ever.
>
>Uli

I think this test is interesting - the solutions given seem to stand the test of
time.

Some of the positions are very interesting ( at least to me ) - as are the moves
the programs choose instead of the solution .

For example : several programs chose Rbc1 in CCR 4 - I think it is possible to
draw some valid conclusions about the tested programs because of that .

To make valid conclusions data is needed - that's why I appreciate everyone
testing and posting their results .

It's only for fun - it's not like solving the problem of hunger in the world .

One result of this testing seems to be quite clear already : the Larry Kaufmann
test can't predict the USCF rating of current chessprograms ( enough data ) .

Does it have some other merit though ? More results => a better answer maybe.

pete





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