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Subject: Re: What ELO is perfect chess?

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 13:55:14 02/28/02

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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

There was a recent post that said 3300. This seems reasonable.

I think 4000 which was guessed on this thread is a wild exaggeration.

If perfect play is 3300, Kasparov would score about 7%, and the average GM 2-4%.
If perfect play is 4000, then these percentages should be divided by 40, which
stretches belief.

The game outcome is not relevant for this discussion. If the game is won, the
perfect player will always win with the right color, but not with the wrong
color, and conceivably he may lose. If the game is drawn, the perfect player
needs a mistake to win any game. It's not the theoretical outcome but the level
of opposition that is important.

It's possible to get an approximation by having a strong player play against an
EGTB in a level position and looking how well he scores.

Amir





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