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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