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  3. From: monaghan@cac.washington.edu (Tracy Monaghan )
  4. Newsgroups: gnu.chess,rec.games.chess
  5. Subject: Re: GNU Chess ratings estimates...
  6. Date: 30 Dec 1992 00:04:57 GMT
  7. Organization: UW Computing
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  14. Thanks for the formula for estimating GNUchess strength, but...
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  16. For those of us who are mathematically-deficient, is there a formula
  17. which doesn't use log2 but makes use of log10, or ln (natural log), or
  18. barring that, some fanciful way of achieving log2 using log10 and/or ln?
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  20. Or, if someone just happens to know the estimated rating of GNUchess 4pl60
  21. on a DECstation 3100...
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