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Subject: Re: How much should the SSDF list Be Lowered?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:20:17 07/30/03

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On July 30, 2003 at 17:55:27, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On July 30, 2003 at 06:08:08, Sherry Washington wrote:
>
>>Shredder is listed at 2800 on athlon 1.2, I don't think so. Personally I think
>>the list should be lowered by 75 points. Not sure if even the 8 processor fritz
>>is 2800
>
>2800 SSDF has absolutely _nothing_ to do with 2800 FIDE, regardless of any
>rating adjustments they try to make.

I think this statement is a bit broad.  I am sure that there is a correlation
between the two.  It's just that we have no idea how to measure it without the
data.

>As Dann already pointed out, you'd need
>more games than any humans care to play against all of the computers to figure
>out an approximate FIDE rating. Besides, in SSDF the computers are only playing
>the computers, and in FIDE the humans are only playing the humans, so not only
>are they different rating pools which can't be compared, they measure different
>things.



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