Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 15:52:49 11/29/98
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On November 29, 1998 at 06:50:45, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >On November 28, 1998 at 15:33:50, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On November 27, 1998 at 04:44:23, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >> >>>I myself can usually beat expert level chess players but get whipped by >>>candidate masters and above. I am unrated and refuse to get rated because of >>>the large number of neurotic individuals in chess clubs. I prefer to play chess >>>programs that don't get pissed when they lose. Computer chess is fascinating >>>because it offers one the opportunity to play an opponent that while not >>>self-aware is an extension of human play and is quite adept at the game. >> >>Hmm, in Canada, candidate master = expert. Is it different where you live? >> >>Dave Gomboc > >In reply, > >I was born in Canada in 1950, Dave. A candidate master is one step below a >national master according to the Oxford Companion to Chess pg. 55! I do not >consider a weak expert who is USCF 2000 to be a candidate master. In any case I >play against programs that eat masters for breakfast and I sometimes win (once >in a blue moon) and without cheating. > >The important thing is to keep playing and enjoying these wonderful virtual >chess partners. > >Respectfully, > >Tim Frohlick, not a master CFC 2200+ Master 2000-2199 Candidate Master 1800-1999 Class "A" 1600-1799 Class "B" USCF 2200+ (National?) Master 2000-2199 Expert 1800-1999 Class "A" 1600-1799 Class "B" This is where I am deriving "Candidate Master = Expert" from. I would say that a "weak expert" is a "weak candidate master". :-) To be sure, the ratings don't mean exactly the same strength between the two countries, but IMHO they are close enough. Other nations will have other "skill level cut-offs" for these categories, but I think it's pretty rare for a country to have an "expert" category, and a higher category for "candidate master" as well. My current rating is CFC 2125 or so. Certainly I'm not a master player. I am not a Class "A" player either. Because it's a Canadian rating, I'm a "candidate master", but if someone from the US refered to me as an expert, I wouldn't be insulted. :-) Mainly I play against Crafty once in a while. I might win 1 game out of 30. More by sheer luck than anything else, I sometimes think. :-) Dave Gomboc
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