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Subject: Re: Sorry Rolf - the winner is the winner.

Author: martin fierz

Date: 15:39:40 09/13/02

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On September 13, 2002 at 15:45:05, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>I'm sorry but I cannot agree! Would you think taht Elo is a universal utility
>for calculating the chess performance of humans alone or humans and apes and
>flowers? Remind you of the apples and beans theorem. It doesn't make sense to
>make a ranking with the Elo for totally different species. MEPHISTO ROMA has
>nothing to do with JUNIOR 7. Besides that they both play chess. But where is the
>point for comparisons?

i've played a tournament games against a GMs rated 2697.i've often played
first-round games in opens against beginners with a 1600 rating. it all counts
for my rating... why do you need to make up special rules for computer ratings
if we don't need it for human ratings?

aloha
  martin



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