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Have you ever tested your elo rating with Elometer?
It is a test designed by a bucnh of scientist and looks like accurate. It is a series of 76 problems of every kind.
In it I have got a 2053 elo rating, but it could be less or more because there is a a 5 % error. Not that bad for a 68 years old guy.
But what you get have no importance. The essential point is that it is fun.
site: http://www.elometer.net

have fun

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Hi Fernando,

thanks for this great link!

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This will be a nice exercise for the Millennium Exclusive
setting up 76 positions on a regular dedicated computer would be a royal pain
but with a piece recognition board...this is a snap
actually setting up test positions is the only practical use for a Piece rec board

as for the test itself..
i scored an elo of 2987
even more impressive..it took me only 16 min. in total

Whom I Kidding Regards
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Post by scandien »

Hello

interesting and entertaining test... The position have a great variety and difficulty ...

i get a good 1976 rating .. not so bad i think, as run the test at my office ( :wink:) in a hour (more or less) so i answer the position quite quickly. I didn't see any instruction about time.

The result seems to be relevant with other test

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Hi Steve,
Steve B wrote:This will be a nice exercise for the Millennium Exclusive
setting up 76 positions on a regular dedicated computer would be a royal pain
but with a piece recognition board...this is a snap
actually setting up test positions is the only practical use for a Piece rec board
absolutely right - but I like the technology.... :P
Steve B wrote:as for the test itself..
i scored an elo of 2987
even more impressive..it took me only 16 min. in total

Whom I Kidding Regards
Steve
That's more than Magnus' Elo value.... :shock:

Impressed regards, Michael
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Post by Brian B »

Thank you Fernando, that was a fun test! I think I should have started this morning instead of just before bedtime last night, ha! I was pretty tired toward the end of it as the positions seemed to get very challenging as the test went on, for me anyway. Scored a 2163 elo rating, and since I am spending a few hours each and every day trying to improve my game, that feels quite satisfying.

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Cognac and chess

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BTW I knew about elometer in a site very entertaining and instructive called Chess and Cognac. There is all kind of stiff over there, including chess computer one. It is handled by a guy named Norman Brandon that post more or less regularly in Computer Chess Club...
Take a look
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Post by Volodymyr »

Thank you very much for the link.
The problems solution took about 80-90 minutes.Too high rating.
I'm hobby player.No rating FIDE.

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Volodymyr wrote:Thank you very much for the link.
The problems solution took about 80-90 minutes.Too high rating.
I'm hobby player.No rating FIDE.

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the reason of that apparently distorted rankings is that there is an abysmal difference between playing a game and solving a problem. Facing a problem, even if nobody tell you what is there to look for, you at least know that THERE IS a solution, a best move because it is a problem. In the middle of a game you not always feel there is something special to look for.
So, more or less, we are all better in problems solving than in playing...

Solving this problem regards
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Fernando,I totally agree with you.
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Well we should all be proud i guess
seems everyone here is rated at least a USCF Master

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Steve B wrote:Well we should all be proud i guess
seems everyone here is rated at least a USCF Master

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Not me. At most I am a candidate master.
In your case, I guess you are a candidate patzer.

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Post by scandien »

Hello

I think this test should not ne considered as solving problem. As indicated you should play the move You would play in a game and not trying to solve the position (it means your own feelings)


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scandien wrote:Hello

I think this test should not ne considered as solving problem. As indicated you should play the move You would play in a game and not trying to solve the position (it means your own feelings)


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That is truth, but not feasible. No matter what, you face a position offered to you for solving or playing as something new, not as a part of a game, not as history flowing. You come to that fresh and full of energy, without any plan of your own, nothing, just you and the position. A game is history, a position is anatomy.

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Thank you for link to the test.
My result:
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