Author: Tim OLena
Date: 07:33:46 10/06/98
I am interested in how programs determine their own ratings, and how accurate these numbers are in the opinion of those here. For those unfamiliar, Socrates allows you to tell it the rating you want and presumably it tries to acheive it. On my old 50 MHz '486, Socrates needed 7 minutes to hit 2400 (the highest number it will accept). On my new 300 MHz Pentium II, this only takes 30 seconds. Also, CM6000 reports it's strength as 2651 on my new machine. I wonder if Socrates, being an older program, is actually playing better than it thinks? And what's to keep a program such as this from "reading" its environment and "deciding", "gee, I can play at 2950 on this system and only take two minutes per move! Maybe I should offer the user this?" So, I'm curious as to why Socrates cut off at 2400... CM6000's rating of the fictional personalities also seems dynamic: the Chessmaster personality and all fictional personalities come in three points higher on a system I tried at work. Interestingly, this system is a bit slower than mine, "only" 266 MHz . . . Thanks in advance for your input! -TO'
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