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Subject: Re: What ELO is perfect chess?

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 12:23:24 02/22/02

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On February 22, 2002 at 15:20:14, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 22, 2002 at 15:18:00, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>[snip]
>>I am NOT talking about Blitz ratings here but 40/2 ratings.40/2 chess and
>>blitz chess are worlds apart
>
>Really?  What are the differences in the calculations then?
>
>I thought the Glicko system was used for all of them.  I do have the source code
>for FICS and have not noticed any changes to the algorithm when performing the
>computations for different time controls.
>
>Of course, slower chess is prettier to look at.  But (by a monumental,
>astronomical figure) most people prefer blitz.

I guess that places me in the itsy-bitsy squint-to-see bunch that goes for
slower TCs.

                                        Albert




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