Author: Uri Blass
Date: 04:45:21 02/26/04
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On February 26, 2004 at 07:29:56, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On February 25, 2004 at 22:42:35, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On February 25, 2004 at 18:22:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On February 25, 2004 at 18:17:22, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On February 25, 2004 at 17:52:39, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>> >>>>>I honestly think that the SSDF rating list is a ridiculous comparison to human >>>>>rating, with Shredder 7.04 UCI rated over 2800 on a mere AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz. If >>>>>the initial purpose of the SSDF was to assign computer programs with rating >>>>>similar to human rating, then the target is way too far off. The SSDF either >>>>>lower it rating by 100 points or it is time to keep the same rating as it is but >>>>>start testing with an AMD XP 3200. >>>>> >>>>>Jorge >>>> >>>>lowering it by 100 elo is not going to help >>>>The only way is to pay GM's to play some matches of 40 games against chess >>>>programs and to have rating of GM's in the ssdf list. >>>> >>>>If the ssdf suggest total prizes of 200,000$ for the best fide player who agree >>>>to play against computers under controlled conditions when the best player >>>>against computers gets 100,000$ second place gets 60,000$ and third place gets >>>>40,000$ when they have to play 200 games in a year of 120/40 then maybe we are >>>>going to see some interesting stuff. >>>> >>>>We only need sponsors. >>> >>>I don't think it is enough. >>> >>>The data will only be useful if at least 30 games are played by one GM (bare >>>minimum). So more than a month to do it. In the same time frame, I think they >>>will earn more just in FIDE tournaments. >> >>I talked about 200 games for a GM in a year > >Grandmasters do not play that many games in a single year, definitely not in >serious competitions. They would be washed out long before a year if they tried. >José. They do not play 200 games but it does not mean that they cannot do it. The main reason that they do not do it is lack of money in chess. I expect to see GM's do it if the average GM can expect to earn 66,666$ in a year by playing 200 games at 120/40 when the money is proportional to the number of games but it is not the case. Uri
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