Author: O. Veli
Date: 10:56:02 11/04/99
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On November 04, 1999 at 12:39:35, Peter Hegger wrote: on >the Fidelity. I did a little digging around and found that the ssdf has rated >the "mach 3 master". It's #124 on the list, rated 1993. This is a full 272 >difference from the CRA ratings at the same time levels. I could see them being >50 or even 100 points different but 272 seems a bit of a stretch. After playing >the fidelity hundreds of times I'd have to say that the ssdf rating is by far >the most accurate of the 2. >It almost makes me wonder if the machine which was initially rated at 2265 was a >souped up model or a one off demo designed to be around just long enough to get >it's rating. This would be very dishonest of Fidelity but how else does one >explain away a 272 point rating gap? Since Fidelity is no longer around I guess >we'll never know. >Regards, >Peter I guess this has to do more with the difference between the US ratings and the European ratings in general. US ratings are about 200 points higher. Same with SSDF, I hardly believe that a commercial program on K6-2-450 can get a 2550 FIDE rating based on 100 games.
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