This is correct.   The ELO ratings are based upon assuming Gnugo 3.7.3
has a rating of 1800 as an anchor.  To generate new ratings it simply
dumps all the games and runs bayeselo on all the games adjusting the
rating on the gnugo games.

-Josh

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Detlef Schmicker <d...@physik.de> wrote:
> I had a look into the sourced of cgos server.
>
> If I understand them correctly, one must put the anchors directly into the
> database. The sources do not seem to have a configuration
> option for this?!
>
> As the old database is used, as far as I understood it, person running the
> anchors years ago could just reconnect their anchors, and they should be
> recognized. It might even be possible for somebody, who can make it sure to
> run the anchor in the future to just connect with the old anchor name and
> choose a pw, but I did not try, as I can not make sure to run it all time.
> There is a 6-month remark in the source, but I am not sure if this also
> removes passwords...
>
> This is from the source:
> if {![file exists $database_state_file]} {
>
>     sqlite3 db $database_state_file
>
>     db eval {
>     create table gameid(gid int);
>     create table password(name, pass, games int, rating, K, last_game,
> primary key(name) );
>     create table games(gid int, w, wr, b, br, dte, wtu, btu, res, final,
> primary key(gid));
>     create table anchors(name, rating, primary key(name));
>     create table clients( name, count );
>     INSERT into gameid VALUES(1);
>     }
>
>     db close
> }
>
>
> Am 17.01.2015 um 15:24 schrieb Detlef Schmicker:
>
> You are right, I too often read 3.7 in the past, but actually the papers
> using 3.8 now:)
>
>
> Am 17.01.2015 um 12:08 schrieb Urban Hafner:
>
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Detlef Schmicker <d...@physik.de> wrote:
>>
>> Seems a good idea to me. It is a quasi standard in publishing, so why not
>> set Gnugo-3.7.10 at level 10 to 1800ELO on every board size?!
>
>
> Why 3.7.10 and not 3.8? IIRC all Gnu projects use the odd numbered point
> releases as unstable releases. BTW, I've configured my computer to run GnuGo
> 3.8 Level 10 on the 13x13 server. It should run most of the time, but I'd be
> happy to hand over the account to someone why can actually run it 24/7.
>
> Urban
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