Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:04:32 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 14:32:43, stuart taylor wrote: >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 I was unaware of Hiarcs' ability to do this. It is probably, in effect, the same thing. jm
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