Author: Thom Perry
Date: 15:29:16 11/01/01
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On November 01, 2001 at 15:27:23, J. C. Boco wrote: >On November 01, 2001 at 13:15:14, John Merlino wrote: > >>On November 01, 2001 at 10:53:58, Kevin Stafford wrote: >> >>>I'd be willing to bet that chessmaster has poured the most time and resources >>>into attempting to make their program accurate with repspect to its Elo ratings, >>>but I doubt that even they are very accurate. I'm not sure how possible this is >>>given that the program has to run on so many different levels of hardware. I'm >>>afraid the only accurate way to determine your rating is to do it the hard way; >>>earn it in a club or tournament by playing rated games. >>> >>>-Kevin >> >>I can clarify this a bit. Yes, we have poured quite a bit of time and resources >>into the problem. And, yes, given all the different hardware and personality and >>time control combinations, it is pretty much impossible to be reasonably >>accurate with respect to, for example, a USCF rating. >> >>However, I can say with reasonable certainty that if you play enough (i.e. at >>least 50-100) rated games on Chessmaster, at ONE SPECIFIC time control and on >>the same machine, then your rating will probably be within 100 points of your >>supposed USCF rating. >> >>That's just my educated opinion, >> >>jm > >Good point. As long as you play the same time controls and don't upgrade your >computer, the personalities will be stable. It seems reasonable that even >though a personality is rated 1500, if you got a faster processor it (the >personality) would be stronger. I guess it depends on how the program limits itself to reduce ELO playing strength. For example, if 1500 equates to a fixed search of ply = 3, then it wouldn't matter which hardware were used. But if 1500 = 30 seconds/move then, yes, the hardware would be a factor and the rating would depend on the speed of the CPU system.
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