Author: Jonathan Parle
Date: 20:28:29 02/28/02
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On February 28, 2002 at 16:16:29, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>After appr. 20 games you will have >>a rating by Fritz > >You'll get a rating after the very first game, sorry.....but.... >Of course I meant: "an accurate rating by Fritz". Not accurate in real life OTB, >but accurate to match you in Handicap and fun mode with Fritz/Chessbase engines. > >J. I found that as you turn the ELO slider down, the playing strength of the engines gets a little unpredictable. What I mean by this is the play at say, for example, 1800, is very inconsistent compared to how a dedicated computer would play at this strength. For example, if I turn the ELO slider to 1700, the engines would lose all the time to my Constellation Quattro, which is only about 1580 ELO on the SSDF list. I would agree that you have to play a fair few rated games, adjusting the ELO slider upwards every time you win a game. After about 20 games, you will have some idea of what rating makes a "comfortable" opponent for you to play against. In my experience, however, the ELO rating the Fritz interface gives you is about 200 - 250 higher than reality. I know Fritz rates me at around 1900, but my real playing strength is only about 1700.
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