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    • Best free chess engines under linux

      There are many free chess engines that run on linux, and I decided to test some of them and determine which one is the strongest. It is not as if there are no results available already on the internet, and it is not like I wanted to decide which e... | Read More

      • ivom
      • | May 9, 2009
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      • | 4 comments
    • K-factor in chess rating

      These days I am reading on chessbase about K-factor change proposals, so I guess it was a good thing I did a little exercise on learning about the Elo rating. As it stands now, the K-factor that affects the change in player's rating is not the sam... | Read More

      • ivom
      • | Apr 29, 2009
      • | 882 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Fun with rating distributions and some thoughts/questions related to computer ratings

      After not being able to make much sense of chess, I've decided to do something I am more familiar with. I set out to learn how the Elo rating system works. As always these days, I started with wikipedia. Sure enough, there is a good wiki page, and... | Read More

      • ivom
      • | Apr 18, 2009
      • | 439 views
      • | 2 comments
    • Learning chess from books: futile or fruitful?

      Chess, the ancient game, is still loved and played by many. The digital age has only helped to make it more popular and more interesting. The actual statistics are probably not available, but it is possible that there are as many people who play c... | Read More

      • ivom
      • | Apr 14, 2009
      • | 487 views
      • | 3 comments