Engine Ratings

Hi everyone,

I've been playing games against the computer a lot lately, and I only just realized they have ratings (for instance level 5 is 2000). I was curious where this number came from. Did they have the computers play against players and take some kind of average? Or is it pretty much just random?

Thanks!

The numbers are meaningless as they were just copied from lichess.

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No actually the numbers are based on various factors such as how fast the ai should play, how many nodes are limited at a particular level, etc. The code is found here github.com/WandererXII/shoginet

How "accurate" are the numbers? If it hasn't been tested against players, what logic is used to establish the engine rating?

Just curious!

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Numbers are obviously not 100% accurate but it would be accurate to a great extent I believe. It uses the Skill level option to match to specific strengths too github.com/WandererXII/shoginet/blob/4266e8a3fb855227681d5c8256766f985d6551ce/shoginet.py#L122