Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:40:57 06/01/04
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On June 01, 2004 at 10:16:33, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On June 01, 2004 at 06:38:21, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On June 01, 2004 at 05:52:26, Drexel,Michael wrote: >> >>>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 >> >>I do not think it is a good sales argument. >> >>Most players do not care much about the exact rating against humans when the >>program is better than them. > >That´s Nonsense. They _care_ about the strength compared to the top human >players. >The number of players who buy a new program in order to play against it at full >strength is negligible small anyway. I know that most people do not buy a new program in order to play against it but my point is that people buy a program because it is better than the previous version and the relative strength to the top humans is irrelevant. Uri
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