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Subject: Re: What ELO is perfect chess?

Author: Angrim

Date: 14:18:04 02/22/02

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On February 22, 2002 at 14:21:01, Paul Doire wrote:

>When chess is "figured out" what ELO will that equate to?
>
>Paul

This depends on which rating pool you are measuring it in.
Also depends on if the result of the perfect game is a draw or
a win for white.  In either case, you can not rationally expect
that the perfect player will always win, especially if it is
playing a series vs an opponent who can learn.

Given that, here is one implausable scenario in which the
answer can actually be calculated.
Assume that this perfect player is playing on ICC, and that it
always wins, and that the top-rated players are actually
willing to play it, and that the top rated players don't have their
ratings change any from what they are today at 3pm..

then its rating would be:
standard: 2839+720=3559
blitz: 3460+720=4180
bullet: 3167+720=3887

This is based on the following from an ICC help file:
This formula has the property that if both players are established then the
sum of the rating changes is zero.  It turns out that if the rating difference
is more than 719 points, then if the strong player wins, there is no change in
either rating.
So given all of the unlikely assumptions that I listed, the
perfect player would be rated 719 points higher than the second best player.



Angrim



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