Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 04:55:48 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 00:59:39, Tina Long wrote: >On January 24, 2000 at 14:52:31, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On January 24, 2000 at 14:19:53, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>Thorsten, an elo calculation can be done for a new program only if its opponents >>>have a known, well established elo (with many games, and a small error margin). >> >>correct. >> >>>This is why it is better to play against older program than against new programs >>>on 450, because the new programs have a too big error margin. >> >>no problem with me. the problem i have is with very old prgs. >> >>>It's maybe the 3rd or 4th time I repeat this to you. The SSDF results are VALID. >> >>its valid but senseless. ><snip> > >To decide who is rightest here I need to know: >What is the expected result in an 18 game match between two human players who >are rated 2620 & 2505? 12-6 >What is the rating achieved by both players if the result is 14.5 - 3.5? It indicates a ratingdifference with 238 points, 2681-2443. >I will make my own opinion if I think the margin of error is too great. >(My interest here is also STILL in CM6k & it's flogging of Sparc 20mhz, and >programs on 486/66's) > >Thanks to anyone who can answer those two questions. > >Tina Long Tony
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