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Subject: Re: New ssdf rating 07/07 - Shredder breaks 2800 mark!!

Author: Mark Loftus

Date: 09:37:49 07/09/03

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On July 09, 2003 at 06:02:15, Mick Turner wrote:

>Interesting how so many words can be written but so little said !
>
And what's your point!!
You haven't said anything...

Mark




>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.
>>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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