Author: F. Jermann
Date: 21:28:42 04/08/99
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On April 08, 1999 at 21:14:15, Laurence Chen wrote: >On April 08, 1999 at 16:23:53, Terry Ripple wrote: > >> In other words,if my USCF Rating is 2100 and i play a Rated game against one of >>the 2100 Rated Personalities, will our Match be Fairly Close in Strength? >> >> Are the Personality ratings based on 40/2hr time control? >> >> When i play a 30 min.or 60 min. Sudden Death Game, can i expect this same Rated >>Opponent to Play its Same Rated Strength in Relation to my USCF Rating? >> >> Thankyou so much for any information that you may be able to share, >> >> Best Regards, >> Terry >From my own experience I find that Chessmaster personalities are not close at >all to the FIDE ELO, so if you play against a 2100 rated personality don't >expect the games to be close at all. On the contrary, I find that it plays at >least 150 points lower than the actual rating. This is exactly what one would expect, since UCSF ratings (CM 6000!) are about 100 to 150 points higher than FIDE ELO ratings! >Of course, someone might say not >so, especially if one is rated 1500 and below may find that a 1500 personality >will beat them and crush them quite easily. Reason, very simple, at that level >these players are not very good at tactics, Chessmaster will punish you >tactically and punish you if you nap. I find that a 2100 rated personality plays >very silly positional chess, and yes, it will punish you tactically if you let >your guard down. I have no problem against rated personalities in chessmaster, >therefore, I don't bother playing against personalities, but against the >default engine. What's your problem with the default engine? >Laurence
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