Author: Mike Hood
Date: 03:03:01 01/06/04
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On January 05, 2004 at 14:15:33, George Sobala wrote:
>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.
There IS a way to correlate ("translate" is the wrong word) the SSDF ratings
into FIDE ratings. A significant number of verifiable games has to be played
between computer programs and humand of differing strengths in order to unite
the pool.
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