Author: odell hall
Date: 21:09:20 08/12/99
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On August 12, 1999 at 19:04:30, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 12, 1999 at 18:16:06, Terry Ripple wrote: >> I know that the SSDF Rating List shows a rating at 2112 and i heard that you >>can add about 100 to 150 points to the list for coversion from Swedish to USCF. >>But now i'am told that this is not even accurate because the SSDF is all >>computer games for several years and that this is no longer an accurate >>measurment for conversion to human rating other than to show the strength >>between the various programs. So,is there any way of knowing the aprox.Rating of >>your favorite program? Is Sapphire 2 playing low master strength? > >When you go to longer time controls, I think computer chess games lose a ton in >strength. E.g. a program that plays 3000 blitz is probably only about 2500 at >G/60 and even lower at 40/2. > >My guess is 1800 at 40/2. Of course, a guess has no mathematical relevance >whats0ver. The only way to know is to play a ton of games against a ton of >opponents. > >There are some longer time control games between real human GM's scheduled now, >and the Rebel experiments are providing valuable data. Eventually, we may have >some sort of a real answer to your questions. I'm afraid that right now, it's >pretty much all opinion with very little scientific fact. 1800?? you have got to be kidding? I used to have the saphire I my uscf rating at the time was 1937 and I had only one win at 40/2 out of about 30 games
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