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Subject: Re: CM6000 rating

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 18:01:03 01/04/99

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On January 04, 1999 at 18:03:48, Luigi Vogliobene wrote:
>I wonder if the CM6000 rating is in ELO or USCF points and what is the exact
>ratio between ELO and USCF
It is in neither.  Chess programs do not get hundreds of games against FIDE or
USCF opponents, so any rating is some kind of wild extrapolation based upon
performance against other computers.  Nonetheless, the chess programs like
CM6000 will clobberize 99.999% of the human opponents that they face.

IOW, the ratings are not meaningless, but direct comparison is impossible.
Have a look here:
http://www.clark.net/pub/pribut/chessfaq.html
Steve Pribut's chess page is probably the best general purpose (non-computer
specific) reference available.  For questions about ELO or USCF ratings, for
instance, it is top notch.  Another Jim-Dandy reference is the MECCA Chess
Encyclopedia:
http://maskeret.com/mecca/meccabig.htm



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