Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:36:20 01/23/02
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On January 23, 2002 at 19:26:40, walter irvin wrote: >i have seen the new rating list and i think some thing is wrong .chess tiger way >up there 2700 + then the last one was novag sapphire at maybe 1900 ??? now i >know novag sapphire cant have gotten over 300 elo weaker from what old age >???????? i can only imagine where myphisto amsterdam once rated maybe 2199 is >now maybe 1400???? some thing cant be right ??????? Sure it can. It is based upon competition and will float with every new game added as a data point. The only valid numerical comparisons are differences between the elements in the list. So a program that is 2600 should win 36% of the points against a program that is 2700 in that list [based on averages with millions of games played -- not a handful]. And a program that is 2013 should win 36% of the points against a program that is 2113. But what that means to entities that are not in the list? Surely there is some correlation, but nobody can really say what it is. >i'll say this that list cant >compare to any human list . Of course. It would be silly to think so.
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