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Subject: Re: My big beef about levels.

Author: Reynolds Takata

Date: 17:24:33 01/15/99

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On January 15, 1999 at 20:09:45, John Coffey wrote:

>Ah the good old days when you could play a chess computer and
>move from level 1 up to level 2 etc.  Today most programs don't
>have levels per se.  In fact most just let you set the time control.
>This usually means that the program will stomp everybody under
>2000 even when you set it to 1 second per move.
>
>Frizt tries to solve this problem by setting the rating.  The lowest
>rating seems to be about 1450, and when I tried to play a tournament
>game against it I got stomped.  Others have had the same experience.
>
>John Coffey


Hmm the ratings of Rebel and Fritz/J5 seem to be pretty accurate to me.  If You
can't beat Fritz at 1450, all i can say is hit the books, or play more
tournaments.  The Ratings of the lower rated personalities in CM6000 are bogus,
the 1800 is more like 1350 USCF the stronger ones however above 2000 are a
different story.  Hiarcs 7 well i have no idea how it's supposed to figure a
rating for you, it might as well not even be an option there.

R Takata
USCF Life Master
Fide Master



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