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Subject: Re: True Ratings: there is no such thing

Author: George Sobala

Date: 11:15:33 01/05/04

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Please get away from the misapprehension that there is such a thing as a "pure"
and "absolute" true rating. It does not exist. One's rating is _entirely_
defined by the opposition one plays. Thus Fritz's anti-computer rating may be x
and its anti-human rating may be y, and they are both equally true and valid
numbers, against that particular type and mixture of opposition.

Thus there is _no_ way to translate an SSDF rating to a FIDE rating, because
strengths against one type of opponent may be weaknesses against another.




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