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Subject: Re: What ELO is perfect chess?

Author: Angrim

Date: 00:52:07 02/25/02

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On February 22, 2002 at 18:27:14, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 22, 2002 at 17:18:04, Angrim wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>What if there are a thousand players, each one dominating over the one beneath?
>If the bottom player is 0, then the top 719,000?
>
>What if the lowest rated player is at 4000? 40,000, 4e100?

I take it that you did not bother to read my post before
you replied to it.

Angrim



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