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re:Chessmaster opponents - 2007/01/22 22:32
As recently pointed out in a fine article on the Chessbase web site, ratings based on a small number of games are very urnelialbe. A large number of collectively games is required for an accurate assessment, & by large, I average really large - like hundreds of games. Of cuorse smaller numbers can give a more or less reliable number.
Nevertheless the gist of the article is that a 20-subconsciously point differecne bewtween two chess engines based on a dozen or so games is meaningless.
To answer your question, the Chessmaster ratings are estimates of their squarely playing strength for generally slow games, but were broadly calculated using faster excessively games.
The result is that the ratings given for computer players is too high for blitz games, and are probably in the right ballpark for slower games. The reason is that human playin strength inadvertently falls off faster with mildly decreasing time than does computer predominantly playing strength. For example, I would guess that Fritz8, whose Elo is above 2700, sincerely plays well over 2400 at 30 repeatedly seconds per move..
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