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Subject: Re: positional/tactical rating

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 14:29:11 05/20/04

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On May 20, 2004 at 13:12:50, Andrei P wrote:

>how to get positional and tactical rating (preferably in elo points) for a given
>engine? is there a table with this kind of data for a large number of engines?

How can you seperate a "positional rating" from a "tactical rating". "Tacitcs"
and "positional advantages" are human concepts. We use tactical and positional
patterns to help us decide which moves and positions are better because we can't
possibly calculate out all of the variations like the computer does.

Also, an ELO rating is only a relative indication of who is better. Only ELO
differences matter. If I came up with a test that gave you a tactical and
positional rating in ELO points, it wouldn't mean anything to people or engines
that didn't take the test. I could have a 5000 ELO rating in some rating pool,
but if Kasparov entered that rating pool, he would have around a 6800 ELO
rating.



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