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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:02:59 10/09/02

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On October 09, 2002 at 13:57:16, Kip Carvalho wrote:

>I've heard a lot of talk about Chessmaster 9000.  I read that it can evaluate a
>players elo rating.  How accurate is it and what hardware must it run on in
>order to perform an accurate rating.  Also how many games would I have to play?
>
>If CM9K is not very good, where could I go to know my rating at least something
>pretty accurate w/o entering chess clubs.
>
>Thanks!

The rating system is closely based on the USCF system (which is generally about
100 points higher than the FIDE ratings), and if you play enough rated games (at
least 50, but preferably closer to 100) I would say with a pretty high certainty
that your rating inside the program would be within 100 points of whatever your
USCF rating would be.

The hardware is irrelevant, since the program makes adjustments based on CPU
speed and the personality settings. I do not know of any other program that
attempts to give you a rating, but I would suspect that there must be something
out there.

jm



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