GNU Chess rating

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From: John Kodis
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 01:03

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I read in the GNU Chess FAQ that (paraphrased) "... GNU Chess doesn't
compete in turnements, and so is not rated...".  This leads to the
obvious but unanswered question: Why not?

The FAQ then states that (paraphrased again) "... on a fast Alpha, GNU
Chess rates about 2200 in ICS play ...".  I was wondering how the
rating of GNU chess (or any chess program, for that matter) varies as
a function of the compute power available to it.  Is there any rule of
thumb along the lines of "doubling the compute power is good for about
an extra hundred points", or whatever?

-- John Kodis.

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