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Subject: Re: What ELO is perfect chess?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:38:41 02/22/02

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On February 22, 2002 at 16:37:26, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 22, 2002 at 16:33:16, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>
>>On February 22, 2002 at 16:20:43, Dann Corbit 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?
>>>
>>>I think I see the progression.  It will be infinite ELO when he can win the game
>>>in zero seconds. (Obviously, it's a form of derivative, since we can never
>>>actually reach zero seconds.  But we can introduce a number called Megiston,
>>>which is larger than any real number.  Then, we take the inverse of Megiston:
>>>
>>>inf = 1/Megiston
>>>
>>>to achieve a number which is smaller than any real number but is not zero.  That
>>>is the time frame where the GM will have infinite ELO for completion of won
>>>games.
>>>
>>>A postal GM can never have an ELO over 2000, I think.
>>>
>>>An interesting model, of course, but slightly non-standard.  It must come from
>>>the branch of math known as "Analysis."
>>It is amazing how many times you have missed the point in these type of
>>philosophical conversations.There has been studies done by some researchres
>>comparing Cooresspondence elo with OTB elo. (The tigres and Sharks experiment
>>).For example.The studies do confirm what I say.People in general do 500 elo
>>points better in corr. then they do in OTB .THat is: if a 1700 elo player
>>could play his COrrespondence level chess overthe board he could get an
>>OTB rating of 2200.What is so difficult about this to understand.I do not
>>think you need a PHD in mathematics to see this.
>
>Hmmmm...
>That seems backwards, doesn't it?
>
>After all, if the faster you play the higher your ELO goes, shouldn't your ELO
>drop to zero as the time control slows?  Simple addition to the speed chess
>formula seems to have broken down.
>
>Perhaps it is a parabolic arc, with one end at zero, and the other end at one
>move per month or something.
>
>We can easily test that notion, because the derivative will be a linear function
>and the second derivative a constant.  Then, the 3rd divided difference will
>always give us zero.

I'm not sure which one of you is scaring me more.... ;-)

jm



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