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Subject: Re: Hydra 3000?

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 22:17:04 06/23/05

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On June 24, 2005 at 01:15:23, Amir wrote:

>On June 24, 2005 at 00:37:35, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On June 24, 2005 at 00:33:45, Amir wrote:
>>
>>>On June 24, 2005 at 00:25:03, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 24, 2005 at 00:06:37, Amir wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On June 23, 2005 at 23:45:59, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On June 23, 2005 at 19:56:17, Amir wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>With what score Hydra would have to be beat Adams to have 3000 performance
>>>>>>>rating? (if it's even possible at all). Hydra also played a match against Evgeny
>>>>>>>Vladimirov. What was Hydra's performance rating in that match?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can we calculate Hydra's FIDE rating from these two matches against humans?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No you can't calculate Hydras' rating FIDE or otherwise on so few games and get
>>>>>>anything meaningful.
>>>>>
>>>>>You can calculate performance rating of the players in the match or tournament.
>>>>>You can also probably calculate provisional FIDE rating. After this match, Hydra
>>>>>will have at least 13 games against FIDE rated players.
>>>>
>>>>Then why ask the question...the part in brackets? Also, you can't get a
>>>>meaningful performance rating or FIDE or whatever and now I'm wasting my time on
>>>>you repeating myself!
>>>>
>>>>Would you like me to answer it again?? Are you trying to be annoying??
>>>>
>>>>Or are just trolling like I stated before?
>>>
>>>"Performance" ratings are not "meaningful" but you can still calculate them for
>>>a match or tournament. My question was very clear: with what score Hydra will
>>>have to beat Adams to get close to 3000 performance rating in *this* match. The
>>>question was not about "meaning" but of math. If anyone knows how to calculate
>>>performance rating, he can  answer my question, regardless how meaningless the
>>>answer is.
>>
>>
>>Then for your edification, doing it in my head, Hydra could obtain a 2900
>>performance rating.
>
>Thanks but no thanks.

Then Piss Off!
>
>I searched the web and found the performance rating calculator on
>http://www.uschess.org/ratings/calculator.html
>
>Here is the answer that I was looking (in 6 games match if Adams is rated 2737)
>
>Hydra scores 0.5 points: performance rating: 2320
>points: 1   performance rating: 2457
>points: 1.5 performance rating: 2546
>points: 2   performance rating: 2617
>points: 2.5 performance rating: 2679
>points: 3   performance rating: 2737
>points: 3.5 performance rating: 2795
>points: 4   performance rating: 2857
>points: 4.5 performance rating: 2928
>points: 5   performance rating: 3017
>points: 5.5 performance rating: 3154
>
>So yes, it's still possible for Hydra after giving one draw to achieve the
>performance rating of 3000 in the match.

That is USCF not FIDE! Big Difference! Troll!



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