Author: Peter Hegger
Date: 10:10:44 10/23/98
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On October 23, 1998 at 12:23:11, Will Singleton wrote:
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>On October 23, 1998 at 11:51:35, Peter Hegger wrote:
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>>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
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>First off, since 90% of your games are blitz, and your blitz rating is 1569, how
>does that make you a 1650 player?
Well check it now and I'm 1596. Check it tomorrow I might be 1652. Check it
again next week I'll be 1690 and the week after 1570. I've been playing alot
lately and if you play much yourself you know that ratings swings are common..
Just my luck to post on a day when it's down :-)
>2nd, are you on strike or do they play chess at the factory? :)
Actually I just got layed off from the factory. Just as well, it was cutting
into my playing time. :-)
>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
It doesn't take much more than a crude log where c = computer (score) and h =
human (score) to keep track of my results.
>Some
people are better at playing computers than other, but it usually gets
>reflected in the ratings.
>
>Will
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