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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000

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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