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Subject: Re: What ELO is perfect chess?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:24:15 02/22/02

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On February 22, 2002 at 16:22:00, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:

>On February 22, 2002 at 16:04:24, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On February 22, 2002 at 15:52:59, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>>
>>>I work in the area known as Analysis.Anyway this is how I came up with the
>>>300 number.I think it is just a good rule of thumb ( I have not still conducted
>>>any experiments yet) .For example many comps action rated by the USCF have
>>>action ratings 200 above the slow 40/2 rating.I merely added 100 to the action
>>>rating to get the blitz .Nothing fancy.
>>
>>So you're saying that if a perfect player beats Kasparov 100% of the time at
>>40/2 it will be rated 3300, if it beats him 100% at g/30 it will be rated 3500,
>>and if it beats him 100% of the time in Blitz it will be rated 3600? I suppose
>>that it gets more perfect the faster it plays?
>>
>>                                            Albert
>No actually this is not what I am saying.A perfect player will not beat Kasparov
>100% of the time.Due to the power of HUman INTUITION there are many
>ways that can lead to a draw (for a plyer of Kasparovs caliber using intuition).
>There is NO doubt that Kasparov will lose a MATCH to the perfect player.Back
>to the point : Most Computers have ratings of 200 more in action chess then they
>do in 40/2.This of course does not mean they are getting stronger .But it
>does mean this:Take this example(this is only an example!!!!!!!!!) the NOVAG
>Saphire has an action rating of 2383 .This means that a human rated 2383 by the
>USCF will be even with this machine in action chess over a series of games .
>But the formula says that in 40/2 the rating is only 2183.The same human would
>then come up ahead in a match at 40/2.

Then the human is breaking the forumla, isn't he/she?  Or is it the machine?
Probably never took the right math class.



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