Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 17:20:30 10/16/99
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On October 16, 1999 at 18:35:11, Amir Ban wrote: >On October 16, 1999 at 17:16:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 16, 1999 at 15:43:59, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On October 16, 1999 at 01:29:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On October 15, 1999 at 23:55:47, walter irvin wrote: >>>> >>>>>does anyone care to speculate what elo the deep blue that defeated kasparov was >>>>>playing at . i know it was too few games to pin down an exact elo . does anyone >>>>>believe a micro program like fritz ect could win 1 in 5 games vs db ?? if db was >>>>>on icc could it be beaten at blitz by ANY of the players there ??? i'm just >>>>>curious as to what others think about this . >>>> >>>> >>>>I would speculate, and it is _real_ speculation, that it was in the 2750-2850 >>>>range. Based on lots of things including deep thought performing at 2600 over >>>>25 games to get the Fredkin 2 prize, plus beating kasparov. Whether it is >>>>stronger than Kasparov or not is a good question. It is clearly close enough >>>>to worry about. >>>> >>> >>>You were told here only a week that this was for 2500 USCF (i.e. about ELO >>>2400), and you acknowledged this information. How did you manage to forget it so >>>fast ? >> >>the requirement was to exceed 2500 USCF. they hit right at 2600 USCF. I >>didn't acknowledge anything different. And _nothing_ I know of says that >>USCF = FIDE+100. In fact, Ken Sloan (in the CIS department) did a detailed >>study and found that above 2400 or so the ratings are far closer than that >> >>He published that in r.g.c.c about 2 years ago. It hasn't changed that I >>know of. >> >> >> >>> >>>This is not the first time that when corrected on a piece of Deep Blue >>>information, you acknowledged mistake, then immediately went back to repeating >>>it. >> >>This is not the first time you make an error in a statement, then refer to >>the original error as fact. DT had a rating of about 2600 USCF over 25 >>consecutive games. You can find the exact details in the JICCA announcement >>where they were awarded the prize. >> > >Nice try. It was in fact USCF 2551. > > >>You really have this 'envy' thing going, don't you? >> > >Yes. I wish I could make things up as easily as you do. It's an asset in some >situations. > >Amir All right, all right, break it up. DT's established USCF rating was 2551. This was based on _more_ than 25 games. Its performance over the _last_ 25 USCF-rated games it played was roughly 2600. I don't even care who was correct or incorrect above. You guys can figure it out if it matters that much to you. Dave
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