Author: stuart taylor
Date: 02:35:30 06/13/01
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On June 13, 2001 at 05:05:45, Marcus Kaestner wrote: > >> >>It is the most reliable tool that we have to evaluate the chess programs. The >>difference in the opponents each program has to face does not matter from a >>mathematical point of view. > >i think you are wrong! > >having now over two years of experience with my own chessbits-lists, i can say >to you that it is VERY easy to place a program with a HIGHLY overrated (or >underrated) position into the list. > >there are dozens of possibilities to fake a rating. > >i do not say that the ssdf fakes, i only say that it DOES matter which opponents >you choose. > >marcus Of course it does! If you play a 1200 elo rated player you can be sure to win 100% of times, and you play 100,000 games, you will have got a rating of 3000 long long before then. When I used to play vs. Hiarcs 6 and 7 and get my play rated, I always got one point for winning against the instant level, which was sooooo easy. If I needed to do it for a very important reason, I could be sure to get a 3000 elo rating that way, but if I were plaing against its 2 min. per 60 moves, I would never even reach anywhere near what my true rating would be-between about 2200-2300 elo. (though if "instant" means that the human must also play instant, then of course there's no hope for any human).One minute per game would be like a human "instant", if not two minutes. S.Taylor
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