Author: Will Singleton
Date: 09:23:11 10/23/98
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On October 23, 1998 at 11:51:35, Peter Hegger wrote: >I'm about a 1650 player at ICC. Handle is "abel2" I have noticed in my games >against some weaker computer programs (wimpB, xeniac etc..) that about 65% of >the time I score the full point. These programs pretty much average about the >same rating as I do. When it comes to playing humans of about the same calibre >I'm losing 65% of my games. Am I alone in being better at playing machines than >humans? Has anyone else noticed the same thing? >I also wonder if a GM, given the choice of playing either a 2500 computer or a >2500 human at 40/2, which would he/she choose? >BTW, I have about 400 games at ICC and 90% are blitz. Is that a large enough >sampling to be statistically relevent? >Thanks >Peter First off, since 90% of your games are blitz, and your blitz rating is 1569, how does that make you a 1650 player? 2nd, are you on strike or do they play chess at the factory? :) 3rd, how do you know your percentages of wins/losses vs humans and computers? Do you log every game? Perhaps there's an ICC command to display these kind of stats; what is it? Some people are better at playing computers than other, but it usually gets reflected in the ratings. Will
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