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Subject: Re: Does anyone know the approximate conversion of SSDF ratings to FIDE

Author: Michael Yee

Date: 08:59:13 10/04/05

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On October 04, 2005 at 03:56:18, chandler yergin wrote:

>On October 03, 2005 at 22:47:01, Michael Yee wrote:
>
>>On October 03, 2005 at 16:50:24, chandler yergin wrote:
>>
>>>On October 03, 2005 at 16:25:25, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 03, 2005 at 16:20:59, Gerald Grimsley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Somewhere a few years ago I saw some "formula" for that based on the limited
>>>>>number of human-computer games.
>>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>>Gerald
>>>>
>>>>I think the "approximate" conversion is 1:1
>>>>
>>>>Joachim
>>>
>>>There are ELO's for Humans, and ELO's for Computers.
>>
>>I think your statement's mostly true. Except that in the case of the SSDF list,
>>they had some humans play some computers sometime in the past. So there's a
>>(weak) bridge between the two pools of players (and their ratings).
>>
>>Michael
>
>Here's an old Link, for now...
>Hope it helps..
>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1141


Thanks for the link. I think the SSDF ratings could be better calibrated to FIDE
ratings if it included all other human-comp games that have been played. The
only issue would be the different hardware setups used.

Michael



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