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Subject: Re: Under-rated programs at ICC

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 13:44:44 06/16/03

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On June 16, 2003 at 15:39:38, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On June 16, 2003 at 15:23:07, Peter Fendrich wrote:
>
>>Suddenly a bunch of programs begun to match my engine Terra. It was accounts
>>with engines like Fritz 8, ChessTiger 15, CM9K and even Ruffian. Do I have to
>>say that they beated up Terra badly... What they had in common was their
>>extremely low ICC rating due to the fact that it was quite new accounts. Ratings
>>like 2300 and 2400 for these programs made Terra quickly losing 150-200 points.
>>
>>Is this a coincident or is something fishy going on that I should be aware of?
>>
>>/Peter
>
>I think it would be interesting to have an option similar to "no-playing"
>computers, but instead you could "no-play" computers that aren't run by their
>author.
Maybe, but if they have a correct rating I see no problems meeting them as long
as it isn't 20 times in a row...  Normally they crush TerraPi but once in while
there will be a draw or win for Terra. That's enough to keep the rating on the
right level.
Well, I decided to just ignore the ICC rating for now. It will not help me in
any way in my further development of Terra.
/Peter

>That way you wouldn't have to play a dozen different people all running
>Fritz, Shredder, Junior, Tiger, etc. on top of the line hardware. That's kind of
>like buying a rating. I bet for the money those people spent on their new
>computers, ICC would give you whatever rating you wanted :)



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