How can someone accept the ELO-rating system and still doubt
computer-strength, when they have such good ELOs ?

I won't mind humans to assign ratings to the moves of chess-games
instead, but computers are cheaper and impartial and have better
memory to compare with other games.
The exact criteria, how to rate the moves are subject to discussion,
but even a simple algo should be better than the actual system.

Suppose you have two games with exactly the same moves.
Then obviously the rating of the 2 games should be the same
for the 2 white-players and the same for the 2 black-players.
and should not depend on the opponent's ELO.

Quick draws should be (almost) discarded.
Short games should have smaller weight than long games.
As a rule of thumb, count the ratio of situations, where
you avoided to make mistakes divided by the number of
situations where you had a chance to make mistakes.


Guenter