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Subject: Re: SSDF Rating List > How many Points do you add to Convert to the USCF?

Author: Charles Unruh

Date: 18:57:56 04/08/99

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On April 08, 1999 at 16:40:38, Keith Kitson wrote:

>On April 08, 1999 at 12:21:17, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>> CM6000 and Fritz5.32 both are Rated 2576 according to SSDF,so what is the Point
>>difference to Convert to USCF Scale?
>>
>> Thankyou for any help,
>> Terry
>
>Eric Hallsworth has done some work on this subject and has written articles in
>his Selective search on this very subject.  The general concensus was that you
>need to add 100 point to a SSDF rating to make it a USCF rating.  However, Eric
>has suggested this figure may need to be higher, perhaps as much as 120 points
>to achieve the conversion.  I myself do find the USCF rating a little slack.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Keith

  If that's the case that would place fritz and chessmaster above Gata Kamsky,
now indeed comps are GM strength but i think putting progs at 2796 USCF is a but
much.



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