Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 02:17:45 07/09/03
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On July 09, 2003 at 01:00:26, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 08, 2003 at 22:20:05, DANIEL JOHNSON wrote: > >>Hi, I thought everone would like to know shredder 7.04 first program to break >>2800. Shredder has a rating of 2810 and fritz 8 distant 3rd place at 2762. >>Can't wait till the world computer chess championship this Nov.? perhaps >>shredder 8 not to far down the road. > >Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is to be largely congratulated for an excellent showing in >the SSDF. Now he not only pounds the stuffings out of folks at the world >championships, but also on the SSDF list. > >The number 2800 is pretty much arbitrary. We can add 500 and Shredder has >broken the 3300 mark. As long as we add 500 to all the other programs, the >result will remain consistent. > >This highly respected list: >http://www.chessmetrics.com/FE/Graphs150.htm >has Capablanca and Fischer at around 3000 ELO. Of course, it's just a number. Whoever made this graph made it using a personal choice, since Alekhine should be rated higher than Capablanca. Pichard >The real meanings of chess ratings are not so much in the absolute values but in >the absolute differences as used to predict a broad scope of outcomes between >some given player and a collection of opponents in the list.
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