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Subject: Re: Inflationary Effects?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:35:51 07/10/03

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On July 10, 2003 at 08:25:58, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>On July 10, 2003 at 07:53:14, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On July 10, 2003 at 06:29:10, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>>
>>>On July 10, 2003 at 02:19:15, Tony Werten wrote:
>>>
>>>>If the rating is inflated by 10 % then the difference between 2 ratings is also
>>>>inflated by 10%
>>>>
>>>
>>>It is the first time I read about rating inflation in terms of percentage, which
>>>does not make any sense.
>>>Usually, it is spoken of rating inflation or deflation simply in rating points
>>>(like inflation of 40 points, for example), which makes sense.
>>>Now, wheter there is inflation in the SSDF list, or in the FIDE list, or if SSDF
>>>inflates faster than FIDE (due to a much higher number of games played in the
>>>same time period), I do not know, those are difficult questions.
>>>José.
>>
>>I do not think that there is an inflation in rating points in the ssdf list.
>>The rating of old programs does not become higher.
>>
>>If people who know something about the ssdf list claim that there is inflation
>>in the ssdf list then it is clear that they mean to inflation in terms of
>>percentage because the ssdf rating of old program is based on games against
>>humans and the rating of these programs does not become higher(the opposite and
>>the ssdf decided to reduce the rating of all programs by 100 elo some years
>>ago).
>>
>>Uri
>
>One problem is that those old programs are not tested any longer by the SSDF, as
>far as I know. They are inactive in that rating pool.
>Your claim sounds like stating that there is no inflation for FIDE ratings only
>because Fischer's (and actually all the inactive and dead players') rating does
>not get any higher.
>José.

I do not think that they are not tested
ssdf tested palm tiger against old programs.

I also remember that I read claims that the rating of active programs is
becoming smaller and not higher.

Uri



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