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Subject: Re: Ply Ratings

Author: Jim Phillips

Date: 00:11:21 10/01/98

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On October 01, 1998 at 01:59:11, John Coffey wrote:

>On October 01, 1998 at 01:19:20, Jim Phillips wrote:
>
>>On September 29, 1998 at 21:02:06, Jim Phillips wrote:

(snip snip snip...)

>>I dug out that article when I got home and took a careful look at the
>>graph.  It's linear all the way from beginner up to 2000+ rating....
>>I assume it is for programs with a lot of knowledge, playing at 40/120
>>time control.  I determined that a best-fit formula to duplicate the
>>graph is:
>>  U.S. Chess Federation Rating = (200 x Ply Depth) + 550
>>
(snip some more...)
>>-Jim Phillips
>
>
>It was common even in the old days for programs to have selective extensions.
>(i.e. capture search.)  for example, the Novag Super Constellation was at
>1 ply a lot stronger than 750.  It was more like 1300.  So the question
>becomes are we talking about the maximum ply a program can look at?
>
>john Coffey

Hi John,
My understanding is that it's for a full-width search with no extensions.
I'm not certain on that though.

Have any other CCC members seen a similar graph or formula?

-Jim Phillips



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