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Subject: Re: Is SSDF list level is now badly inflated?!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:15:34 09/27/99

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On September 27, 1999 at 05:03:54, Jouni Uski wrote:

>Fritz's rating is 2681. I think this is too much. Of course Fritz plays at GM
>level, but not at 2681. So there are 2 possible reasons:
>1) SSDF human games are from beginning of 1990 and probably humans know
>computers now much better  or
>2) comp-comp play increases rating differences.
>
>I think, that probably both reasons are inflating list now.
>But still many thanks for SSDF for new list - we haven't anything better.
>
>Jouni

If you interpret the list correctly, the ratings are ok.  We just can't take
SSDF ratings as anywhere within 200 points of the FIDE scale...

But for comparing two programs, it is statistically sound..



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