Author: José Carlos
Date: 07:47:26 02/05/03
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On February 04, 2003 at 18:38:16, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 04, 2003 at 18:12:04, William H Rogers wrote: > >>Dann >>Your data simply amazes me. I have used TCSP1.73 as a test engine for my own >>program and at one minute per mover they were about even. I don't think that my >>program is as strong as you say Tom's is. I only guestimated my program to be >>around 1800 to 2000 ElO at that speed. I hope that you are right as it gives me >>new hope about my program. >>Bill > >It is clear that Dann's data is misleading. > >When people talk about rating of programs they usually mean to an estimate for >fide rating against humans. > >It is impossible to know exact rating against humans but it is possible to get >an estimate for it. > >It is clear that the rating of Dann corbit were not meant to give an estimate >for the rating against humans. > >Uri If people think that way, then people should learn what the rating system really means. It's only a relative measure of results using a normal probabilty distribution. Nothing more, nothing less. People also should learn that "human rating" is also relative and 2300 in Spain is different than 2300 in China, just because the pools are different. José C.
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