Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:39:59 03/17/05
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On March 17, 2005 at 22:09:07, Dick Schneiders wrote: >I finally read my manual for the Polgar module, and see that it has a >calculation that arrives at the ELO rating of the human player. The manual >states "your Mephisto has the official formula from FIDE stored in its memory". > >This is based on using one of the level features of the Polgar where you specify >the ELO that you want the computer to play at. Has anybody ever tried this to >determine how accurate the calculation really is? Of course this assumes that >the ELO rating of the computer level you choose is also accurate, and I suspect >that rating is a bit high for the actual level of play. > >I have never played any club or tournament games, so have no basis to estimate >my ELO. I would guess that it is somewhere between 1000 and 2000. :-) I was >curious if this Polgar calculation was even close (within a couple hundred >rating points) of actual. > >I have the 10MHz version of the Polgar, if it makes any difference. > >Curious yellow regards, > >Dick Schneiders The Polgar is around 2000 and the calculation is what it is ..so it would reltively close. I would say +/- 150 points at least. Generally speaking , playing computer in your own home is much different than playing tournamnet chess for several reasons: 1. Humans play different than computers. 2. You have to follow the touch move rules. 3. If you have never played humans , just played computers -- andthen went to a tournament , you would fair worse than what you expect the first time - itis that different. 4. Likewise, if played nothing but humna tournament then played your computer you would fare worse than you would expect. Imagine this, you are playing a human for the first time --- he weighs 300 pounds, he breathes noisy (you hear every breath he makes and they all sound like it might be his last ) , he also, sporaidially, makes noises that would sound more appropriate coming from a pig farm. In addition, about every 10 minutes, he sneezes with such force that your feel the spray on your skin and see the spots on your glasses. Comprendi?
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