Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 02:52:26 06/01/04
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On May 31, 2004 at 20:37:19, Mike Byrne wrote: >On May 31, 2004 at 19:27:20, Jonathan Lee wrote: > >>In the ICD chess software, the engines surpass 2750 and going over 2800 at 1.2 >>GHZ? >>How high can the Swedish rating system, SSDF, can it go? >> >>FIDE's and USCF's highest are 3000. >>I learned later that ELO perhaps can go over 8000 (that would be somthing like >>50+ ply for ELO). >>Jonathan > >Without knowledge of the rating population, the absolute value of any ELO is >valueless. The way SSDF is designed, a fixed pool of computer programs >generally running and rated on older hardware with the new blood coming in on >faster hardware with more modern programs - there is only one for the ratings to >go and that is up. They have bad case of what I call the "Bloodgood" effect >with the limited rating pool. Very true. SSDF and other computer rating lists are highly inflationary. You can't compare it with FIDE rating system at all. There is not only a different pool of players. Chessbase of course is not unhappy with the present state. After all the ratings are a good sales argument. Michael
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