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Article #6003What does a USCF rating indicate ? (Was: Re: Rating for gnuchess)
From: Henk Smit
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 23:56
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 23:56
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etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson) writes:
>In article <9012110556.AA11184@mole.ai.mit.edu> cracraft@AI.MIT.EDU (Stuart Cracraft) writes:
>>
>> <....>
>> At the risk of bringing up a possibly old subject, does anyone
>> have a reliable chess rating for gnuchess running on a Sun 3/50?
>> <....>
>>
>>On a SUN **4/50** GNU Chess defeated a CRA-rated program
>>of USCF 2265. The real rating for that one was probably 2220.
>> <.....>
Could someone explain to me how the USCF ratings relate to the ELO ratings ?
I understand ELO ratings, and have an idea which strength they indicate, but
something like 2265 USCF-points (or 10, or 1,000,000) means nothing to me.
Thanks in advance,
Henk.
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