Author: Kim Walters
Date: 08:09:53 05/13/03
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On May 13, 2003 at 00:16:36, Earl Fuller wrote: >It was a good idea to have the USCF computer chess ratings, way back when. But >they where to expensive, something like $5,000.0 or something. And the other >thing was i'm not sure if there was enough games played. Maybe so, i don't know. >It seems as though over the years the ratings that the computers achieved in the >human vs computer rating tournies by the USCF, back in the late 80,s early 90's >have droped. Perhaps it's because we have learned more on how to play against a >particular computer, like the Par Excellence or the Mach 3. >Do you think the Par Excellence, rated at USCF 2100 could achieve that rating >today? Or the Mach 3 with a USCF rating of 2265. I wonder! >Maybe it could, with the same tourny rules in effect as then with the same time >controls at 40/2 >Or is a USCF rated (1900)player smarter today than yesterday against computers? >To the surpise of many, i would say the results would be pretty close to the >same as before. The Par amd the Mach3 would achieve close to the same rating! >What do you think? i ROUGHLY AGREE WITH THE SSDF LIST OF THE PAR EXCELLENCE, IT'S PROBALLY RATED AROUND 1734 USCF , IT PLAYS HORRIBLE CHESS AND DOES THINGS NO 2100 HUMAN WOULD DO LIKE GRAB OBVIOUS POISONED PAWNS >Earl
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