Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:16:37 10/26/99
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On October 26, 1999 at 19:38:08, Jeff Anderson wrote: >Crafy has a formula that prevents dozens and dozens of GM's from playing it on >ICC. > >The following are GM's who are not deemed by Mr. Hyatt good enough to play >Crafty: >Giovanni Vescovi, Loek van Wely, Maxim Dlugy, Miguel Quinteros, Einar Gausel, >Tony Miles, Mihail Saltaev, hugo spangenbrg, Friso Nijboer, Yuri Shulman, Felix >Izeta, Eran Liss, gerald hertneck, Pablo Zarnicki, Ilan Manor, Gregory Kaidanov, >as well as many many other GM's who do not have their name public. > > >Crafty also refuses to any computer chess programs that require an increment. >That eliminates most of your strong commercial programs, as they must be >manually operated. > > >When you are very picky about who you play, good things can happen to your >rating. In the long run, it does not matter who you choose at all for computation of an ELO rating. The values will normalize unless some kind of cheating is going on (and they only cheat against you). Playing ELO 2700 players and playing ELO 2000 players will not change your rating any differently. That's why GM's would not fear lower ranked opponents in a real tournament. The only connection between ELO and who you play is the generic pool connection.
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