Author: Pat King
Date: 17:40:57 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 think the difference is in consistency. A 1650 computer program always plays at a 1650 level. A 1650 human can play much better or much worse. For instance, my current USCF rating is 1567. A couple of months ago it was 1450, until I achieved about a 2000 performance rating in a tournament. On the other hand, I've lost to 1300 players within the past year, and on ICCF, playing at odd hours on little sleep, my rating goes up and down like a yo-yo! Pat
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