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Rich D

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Jan 31, 2023, 1:58:41 PM1/31/23
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When the program says Stockfish rating is 3600, what does that mean? From where?

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CSS Dixieland

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Apr 25, 2023, 4:57:51 PM4/25/23
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The mathematician Mister Arpad Elo invented one of the methods for comparing the playing strength, or playing quality, of participants in various kinds of games or sports. One of those games is Chess, and the Arpad method has gradually become the most used of the various methods that exist or have existed. If You have access to the World Wide Web (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), then You can read a brief introduction at the Uniform Resource Locator:

https://thechessworld.com/articles/general-information/all-truth-about-elo-rating-system/

Rich D

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Jun 29, 2023, 3:37:51 PM6/29/23
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On April 25, CSS Dixieland wrote:
>> When the program says Stockfish rating is 3600, what does that mean? From where?
>
> The mathematician Mister Arpad Elo invented one of the methods for comparing the
> playing strength, or playing quality, of participants in various kinds of games or sports.
> One of those games is Chess, and the Arpad method has gradually become the most
> used of the various methods that exist or have existed.
> https://thechessworld.com/articles/general-information/all-truth-about-elo-rating-system/

Elo is computed from tournament results.
What tournaments did Stockfish enter, to achieve that rating?
What were its results?

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