Author: stuart taylor
Date: 11:32:43 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 14:02:59, John Merlino wrote: >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 Hiarcs 6 and 7 does. Why? Is that something different? S.Taylor
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