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Subject: Re: Stealth Fighter in the Swedish List??

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 01:42:35 04/02/99

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On March 31, 1999 at 10:28:59, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On March 31, 1999 at 08:31:10, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On March 31, 1999 at 08:20:39, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   THE SSDF RATING LIST 1999-03-28   65604 games played by  190 computers
>>>>>>>>>>                                           Rating   +     -  Games   Won  Oppo
>>>>>>>>>>                                           ------  ---   --- -----   ---  ----
>>>>>>>>>>   1 Chessmaster 6000  64MB P200 MMX         2576   88   -71   100   78%  2363
>>>>>>>>>>   1 Fritz 5.32  64MB P200 MMX               2576   29   -28   627   66%  2457
>>>>>>>>
>>>>There's no tie. CM6000 is first when counting decimals.
>>>>Tony
>>>
>>>I'm puzzled. If there is no tie, why are CM
>>>and Fritz both preceded by "1"?
>>
>>Good question which also came to my mind when I read Tonys post. :-)
>>
>>>Also, I have not followed this thread from the
>>>beginning, but has the mysterious "190" been uncovered
>>>officially or is it still in the guessing game stage?
>>>- Steve
>>
>>Still unknown to the public. Maybe we will get answer by e-mail? ;-)
>
>
>It's a "tie" the same way that FIDE ratings are reported to the nearest 5
>points, but the full accuracy of the rating is used for the actual order in
>which the players are listed.

My point exactly. Well said Dave.

Tony

>If there are two players at 2810, we might say that they have equal ratings.
>But one might be 2812.1, and the other might be 2809.8.  The only difference
>here is that SSDF rounds to the nearest integer, not the nearest multiple of
>five.
>
>And no, I don't know which program "190" is, but I'd like to. :)
>
>Dave Gomboc



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